@averagejoe1 saidDid people think the moon was flat?
I have looked it up and never see a clear, concise explanation of the concept, with maybe one exception, and that is that a plane seems to always fly in a straight line, and never curves around the contour of the planet.
The shadows on the moon indicate it is a sphere. I doubt all ancient people thought the earth was flat. Didn't the Incas know better?
@metal-brain saidIt's been proven by NASA that the moon is hollow...
Did people think the moon was flat?
@averagejoe1 saidEven ancient people could tell the sun was far way from the moon just by observing the shadow of the moon. The Incas knew the earth revolved around the sun. Europeans were ignorant compared to them. All they had to do is observe.
I have looked it up and never see a clear, concise explanation of the concept, with maybe one exception, and that is that a plane seems to always fly in a straight line, and never curves around the contour of the planet.
@Metal-Brain
ATT in old Europe, science, especially astronomy, had to tred lightly.
If the Earth revolves around the sun then that means everything we thought we knew was wrong. Maybe Galileo helped that along when he saw the 4 big moons of Jupiter and how they moved around the planet. Maybe that softened up enough people that they gave up the idea Earth was the center of the universe and see it is just another planet in our solar system, you don't even need interstellar grade telescopes to see the planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and so forth, no telescope needed to see Mars, Mercury or Venus from Earth and some of the outer planets, Jupiter and Saturn would be visible to naked eyes but it took a lot of observations done by an army of astronomers in early South America and they pegged some of it.
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@metal-brain saidThe Incas knew this in 1500 AD; the Greeks in, at the earliest, 240 BC. Who's ignorant now, boy?
The Incas knew the earth revolved around the sun. Europeans were ignorant compared to them.
(Expected "reply": "What is your source?" )
@averagejoe1 saidI find arguing with flat earthers tedious. No matter how many arguments and facts you present to them, it always ends up in a rabbit hole where there must be a massive world-wide conspiracy to hide the 'truth' in order for them to keep on maintaining their position.
I have looked it up and never see a clear, concise explanation of the concept, with maybe one exception, and that is that a plane seems to always fly in a straight line, and never curves around the contour of the planet.
@shallow-blue saidDid I claim anybody was first?
The Incas knew this in 1500 AD; the Greeks in, at the earliest, 240 BC. Who's ignorant now, boy?
(Expected "reply": "What is your source?" )
Nope.
@moonbus saidNobody on this forum is a flat earther.
I find arguing with flat earthers tedious. No matter how many arguments and facts you present to them, it always ends up in a rabbit hole where there must be a massive world-wide conspiracy to hide the 'truth' in order for them to keep on maintaining their position.
Are you arguing with Elvis too?
@sonhouse saidOn this forum?
@Metal-Brain
There was one dude I argued with for months over the flat earth BS.
@sonhouse saidYes, I remember that, but I forget who it was. googlefudge maybe.
@Metal-Brain
There was one dude I argued with for months over the flat earth BS.