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imported>Sfgamer: Inserting wisdom in dealings with fools can't listen.

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Inserting wisdom in dealings with fools can't listen.

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	== Some Wisdom in Addressing all of this ==		== Some Wisdom in Addressing all of this ==
	1. Ignore them and walk away. Life is too short and time that is wasted arguing foolish people cannot be brought back and is lost forever. There are more important things in the world to be concerned with.		Ignore them and walk away. Life is too short and time that is wasted arguing foolish people cannot be brought back and is lost forever. There are more important things in the world to be concerned with.




	“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” <br />― [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9810.Albert_Einstein Albert Einstein]		“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” <br />― [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9810.Albert_Einstein Albert Einstein]

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	== Connections to other Forms of Pseudoscience ==		== Connections to other Forms of Pseudoscience ==
	Acceptance of the flat Earth generally comes with Biblical literalism, [[Geocentrism]], young-Earth creationism, and an acceptance of many other conspiracy theories such as the faking of the moon landing, 9/11 being an inside job, lizard freemasons controlling all world events (thanks Obama), the complete fabrication of all of scientific understanding in general, and even a belief in ancient aliens seeding advanced knowledge to early humans... for S&Gs, I guess.		Acceptance of the flat Earth generally comes with Biblical literalism, [[Geocentrism]], young-Earth creationism, and an acceptance of many other conspiracy theories such as the faking of the moon landing, 9/11 being an inside job, lizard freemasons controlling all world events (thanks Obama), the complete fabrication of all of scientific understanding in general, and even a belief in ancient aliens seeding advanced knowledge to early humans... for S&Gs, I guess.

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	[[File:Aus-17-nov-2016-1938-sunset-explained.jpg\|left\|thumb\|270x270px\|The flat earth map cannot get the proper position of the sunset correct in the southern hemisphere. The globe, however, can.]]		[[File:Aus-17-nov-2016-1938-sunset-explained.jpg\|left\|thumb\|270x270px\|The flat earth map cannot get the proper position of the sunset correct in the southern hemisphere. The globe, however, can.]]
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			== Some Wisdom in Addressing all of this ==
			1. Ignore them and walk away. Life is too short and time that is wasted arguing foolish people cannot be brought back and is lost forever. There are more important things in the world to be concerned with.




			“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” <br />― [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9810.Albert_Einstein Albert Einstein]

			“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.” <br />― [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/973.Euripides Euripides], [https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1842204 The Bacchae]

			“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.” <br />― [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/973.Euripides Euripides], [https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1842204 The Bacchae]

			<p eza="cwidth:659px;;cheight:38px;;wcalc_source:child;wcalc:77px;wocalc:77px;hcalc:266px;rend_px_area:25042;" cwidth="659">'''''"Arguing with a fool proves there are two."'''''</p>

			<p eza="cwidth:659px;;cheight:38px;;wcalc_source:child;wcalc:77px;wocalc:77px;hcalc:266px;rend_px_area:25042;" cwidth="659">''--Doris M. Smith''</p>

			<p eza="cwidth:659px;;cheight:38px;;wcalc_source:child;wcalc:77px;wocalc:77px;hcalc:266px;rend_px_area:25042;" cwidth="659">'''"Wise men learn by other men's mistakes, fools by their own. " '''</p>

			<p eza="cwidth:659px;;cheight:24px;;wcalc_source:child;wcalc:31px;wocalc:31px;hcalc:48px;rend_px_area:15816;" cwidth="659">''-H. G. Bohn''</p>

			<p eza="cwidth:659px;;cheight:24px;;wcalc_source:child;wcalc:31px;wocalc:31px;hcalc:48px;rend_px_area:15816;" cwidth="659">"There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't."</p>

			<p eza="cwidth:659px;;cheight:24px;;wcalc_source:child;wcalc:31px;wocalc:31px;hcalc:48px;rend_px_area:15816;" cwidth="659">- Josh Billings</p>

			“Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”

			<p eza="cwidth:659px;;cheight:24px;;wcalc_source:child;wcalc:31px;wocalc:31px;hcalc:48px;rend_px_area:15816;" cwidth="659">― [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1244.Mark_Twain Mark Twain]</p>

			<p eza="cwidth:659px;;cheight:24px;;wcalc_source:child;wcalc:31px;wocalc:31px;hcalc:48px;rend_px_area:15816;" cwidth="659">"</p>

			"To argue with a fool is like lighting candles for the blind"

			<p eza="cwidth:659px;;cheight:24px;;wcalc_source:child;wcalc:31px;wocalc:31px;hcalc:48px;rend_px_area:15816;" cwidth="659">--Pierre Boiste </p>

			<p eza="cwidth:659px;;cheight:24px;;wcalc_source:child;wcalc:31px;wocalc:31px;hcalc:48px;rend_px_area:15816;" cwidth="659">"Nothing is to be gained by arguing with fools. Nothing can be gained by reasoning with ignorant people."<br />– [https://www.coolnsmart.com/author/dr_t_p_chia/ Dr T.P.Chia]</p>

			<p eza="cwidth:659px;;cheight:24px;;wcalc_source:child;wcalc:31px;wocalc:31px;hcalc:48px;rend_px_area:15816;" cwidth="659">"Silence is the best response to a fool"</p>

			<p eza="cwidth:659px;;cheight:24px;;wcalc_source:child;wcalc:31px;wocalc:31px;hcalc:48px;rend_px_area:15816;" cwidth="659">-https://goo.gl/qivSKu</p>

			<p eza="cwidth:659px;;cheight:24px;;wcalc_source:child;wcalc:31px;wocalc:31px;hcalc:48px;rend_px_area:15816;" cwidth="659">"Silence is argument carried out by other means."<br />– [https://www.coolnsmart.com/author/che_guevara/ Che Guevara]</p>

			<p eza="cwidth:659px;;cheight:24px;;wcalc_source:child;wcalc:31px;wocalc:31px;hcalc:48px;rend_px_area:15816;" cwidth="659">(feel free to add to the list)</p>
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imported>House Escalus at 15:17, 3 September 2017

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	Flat Earth is what happens when you combine at least 8 years of religious homeschool indoctrination along with daily doses of Prozac while also including blunt force trauma to the head. It takes a life deprived of experiencing the perspective of 100 ft elevation, deprived of being taught basic geometry, deprived of simple answers to simple questions in order to believe this bucket of lies brought about by scripture and people whom are dumber than a bag of hammers. Dumber than Congress. Dumber than [[G Man\|G Man's]] shit. Even relying on framework as bankrupt as [http://great-debate-community.wikia.com/wiki/Governmental_Epistemology governmental epistemology] would not justify one's belief in this concept. Should you encounter Mr. Turtle that hold the purported flat Earth on his shell, please tell him for us that.		Flat Earth is what happens when you combine at least 8 years of religious homeschool indoctrination along with daily doses of Prozac while also including blunt force trauma to the head. It takes a life deprived of experiencing the perspective of 100 ft elevation, deprived of being taught basic geometry, deprived of simple answers to simple questions in order to believe this bucket of lies brought about by scripture and people whom are dumber than a bag of hammers. Dumber than Congress. Dumber than [[G Man\|G Man's]] shit. Even relying on framework as bankrupt as [http://great-debate-community.wikia.com/wiki/Governmental_Epistemology governmental epistemology] would not justify one's belief in this concept. Should you encounter Mr. Turtle that hold the purported flat Earth on his shell, please tell him for us that.

	The "troof" of the flat Earth is, of course, constantly suppressed by the ever ominous, faceless, and nameless: "'''''they'''''": a group of illuminati, freemason, atheist, zionist, pagan, satanist, vegan, white men who apparently have enough resources to control every government, private agency, YouTube ~~channel~~, and thinking person on the planet, but are not smart enough to remove obvious and glaring errors from everything they create in their CGI computers and/or soundstages, with the result being that any idiot with an internet connection and a pulse can uncover the whole conspiracy in less than 5 seconds.		The "troof" of the flat Earth is, of course, constantly suppressed by the ever ominous, faceless, and nameless: "'''''they'''''": a group of illuminati, freemason, atheist, zionist, pagan, satanist, vegan, white men who apparently have enough resources to control every government, private agency, YouTube shill, and thinking person on the planet, but are not smart enough to remove obvious and glaring errors from everything they create in their CGI computers and/or soundstages, with the result being that any idiot with an internet connection and a pulse can uncover the whole conspiracy in less than 5 seconds.

	<span>The flat Earth is, in reality, a very crappy idea about the shape of the Earth, which can be easily disproved by simple observations that anyone can make who has some spare time and a camera. Also, flat Earth has no cohesive or agreed-upon model, making it nearly impossible to test. This isn't helped by the fact that flat Earthers are the campions of </span>''post-hoc''<span> explanations, inventing new terms or assigning new meaning and properties to existing terms so that someones test or observation doesn't </span>'''''REALLY'''''<span> disprove a flat Earth (see </span>[[Betty Van Velsen]]<span>).</span>		<span>The flat Earth is, in reality, a very crappy idea about the shape of the Earth, which can be easily disproved by simple observations that anyone can make who has some spare time and a camera. Also, flat Earth has no cohesive or agreed-upon model, making it nearly impossible to test. This isn't helped by the fact that flat Earthers are the campions of </span>''post-hoc''<span> explanations, inventing new terms or assigning new meaning and properties to existing terms so that someones test or observation doesn't </span>'''''REALLY'''''<span> disprove a flat Earth (see </span>[[Betty Van Velsen]]<span>).</span>

imported>House Escalus at 05:28, 3 September 2017

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	Flat Earth is what happens when you combine at least 8 years of religious homeschool indoctrination along with daily doses of Prozac while also including blunt force trauma to the head. It takes a life deprived of experiencing the perspective of 100 ft elevation, deprived of being taught basic geometry, deprived of simple answers to simple questions in order to believe this bucket of lies brought about by scripture and people whom are dumber than a bag of hammers. Dumber than Congress. Dumber than [[G Man\|G Man's]] shit. Even relying on framework as bankrupt as [http://great-debate-community.wikia.com/wiki/Governmental_Epistemology governmental epistemology] would not justify one's belief in this concept. Should you encounter Mr. Turtle that hold the purported flat Earth on his shell, please tell him for us that.		Flat Earth is what happens when you combine at least 8 years of religious homeschool indoctrination along with daily doses of Prozac while also including blunt force trauma to the head. It takes a life deprived of experiencing the perspective of 100 ft elevation, deprived of being taught basic geometry, deprived of simple answers to simple questions in order to believe this bucket of lies brought about by scripture and people whom are dumber than a bag of hammers. Dumber than Congress. Dumber than [[G Man\|G Man's]] shit. Even relying on framework as bankrupt as [http://great-debate-community.wikia.com/wiki/Governmental_Epistemology governmental epistemology] would not justify one's belief in this concept. Should you encounter Mr. Turtle that hold the purported flat Earth on his shell, please tell him for us that.

	~~<span>~~The flat Earth is ~~a crappy idea about the shape~~ of ~~the Earth~~, ~~which can be easily disproved~~ by ~~simple observations that anyone make who has some spare time and a camera. Also~~, ~~flat Earth has no cohesive or agreed-upon model~~, ~~making it nearly impossible to test. This isn't helped by the fact that flat Earthers are the campions of </span>''post-hoc''<span> explanations, inventing new terms or assigning new meaning~~ and ~~properties to existing terms so that someones test or observation doesn~~'~~t </span>~~'''''~~REALLY~~''''~~'<span> disprove~~ a ~~flat Earth (see <~~/~~span>[[Betty Van Velsen]]<span>)~~.~~</span>~~		The "troof" of the flat Earth is, of course, constantly suppressed by the ever ominous, faceless, and nameless: "'''''they'''''": a group of illuminati, freemason, atheist, zionist, pagan, satanist, vegan, white men who apparently have enough resources to control every government, private agency, YouTube channel, and thinking person on the planet, but are not smart enough to remove obvious and glaring errors from everything they create in their CGI computers and/or soundstages, with the result being that any idiot with an internet connection and a pulse can uncover the whole conspiracy in less than 5 seconds.

	<span>They also typically use certain buzz-words they don't understand to describe terms and effects they don't understand ~~like~~: perspective, the atmosphere, refraction, lensing, gravity, and more.</span>		<span>The flat Earth is, in reality, a very crappy idea about the shape of the Earth, which can be easily disproved by simple observations that anyone can make who has some spare time and a camera. Also, flat Earth has no cohesive or agreed-upon model, making it nearly impossible to test. This isn't helped by the fact that flat Earthers are the campions of </span>''post-hoc''<span> explanations, inventing new terms or assigning new meaning and properties to existing terms so that someones test or observation doesn't </span>'''''REALLY'''''<span> disprove a flat Earth (see </span>[[Betty Van Velsen]]<span>).</span>

			<span>They also typically use certain buzz-words they don't understand to describe terms and effects they don't understand or want to change the meaning of to suit their </span>narrative<span>. These include: perspective, the atmosphere, refraction, lensing, [[gravity]], and many more.</span>

	== Connections to other Forms of Pseudoscience ==		== Connections to other Forms of Pseudoscience ==
	Acceptance of the flat Earth generally comes with Biblical literalism, [[Geocentrism]], young-Earth creationism, and an acceptance of many other conspiracy theories such as the faking of the moon landing ~~and most massacres~~, 9/11, all of ~~science~~ in general, and even ancient aliens, ~~often involving the illuminati, freemasons, zionists or a combination of them~~.		Acceptance of the flat Earth generally comes with Biblical literalism, [[Geocentrism]], young-Earth creationism, and an acceptance of many other conspiracy theories such as the faking of the moon landing, 9/11 being an inside job, lizard freemasons controlling all world events (thanks Obama), the complete fabrication of all of scientific understanding in general, and even a belief in ancient aliens seeding advanced knowledge to early humans... for S&Gs, I guess.

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	== Things that ~~debunk~~ the Flat Earth ==		== Things that Debunk the Flat Earth ==
	The evidence against the flat earth is ''overwhelming.'' Here's a bunch of diagrams that prove the earth by definition MUST be a spheroid of some kind, and not a gigantic communion wafer:		The evidence against the flat earth is ''overwhelming.'' Here's a bunch of diagrams that prove the earth by definition MUST be a spheroid of some kind, and not a gigantic communion wafer:
	[[File:DEZccQUUwAEIcSg.png\|left\|thumb\|300x300px\|The altitude angle of Polaris corresponds to your latitude (within a few degrees of error, since Polaris isn't exactly on the north celestial pole, but close enough to treat it as if it is). This only works on a globe. ]]		[[File:DEZccQUUwAEIcSg.png\|left\|thumb\|300x300px\|The altitude angle of Polaris corresponds to your latitude (within a few degrees of error, since Polaris isn't exactly on the north celestial pole, but close enough to treat it as if it is). This only works on a globe. ]]

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	== Connections to other Forms of Pseudoscience ==		== Connections to other Forms of Pseudoscience ==
	Acceptance of the flat Earth generally comes with Biblical literalism, ~~geocentrism~~, young-Earth creationism, and an acceptance of many other conspiracy theories such as the faking of the moon landing and most massacres, 9/11, all of science in general, and even ancient aliens, often involving the illuminati, freemasons, zionists or a combination of them.		Acceptance of the flat Earth generally comes with Biblical literalism, [[Geocentrism]], young-Earth creationism, and an acceptance of many other conspiracy theories such as the faking of the moon landing and most massacres, 9/11, all of science in general, and even ancient aliens, often involving the illuminati, freemasons, zionists or a combination of them.

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	Flat Earth is what happens when you combine at least 8 years of religious homeschool indoctrination along with daily doses of Prozac while also including blunt force trauma to the head. It takes a life deprived of experiencing the perspective of 100 ft elevation, deprived of being taught basic geometry, deprived of simple answers to simple questions in order to believe this bucket of lies brought about by scripture and people whom are dumber than a bag of hammers. Dumber than Congress. Dumber than [[G Man\|G Man's]] shit. Even relying on framework as bankrupt as [http://great-debate-community.wikia.com/wiki/Governmental_Epistemology governmental epistemology] would not justify one's belief in this concept. Should you encounter Mr. Turtle that hold the purported flat Earth on his shell, please tell him for us that.		Flat Earth is what happens when you combine at least 8 years of religious homeschool indoctrination along with daily doses of Prozac while also including blunt force trauma to the head. It takes a life deprived of experiencing the perspective of 100 ft elevation, deprived of being taught basic geometry, deprived of simple answers to simple questions in order to believe this bucket of lies brought about by scripture and people whom are dumber than a bag of hammers. Dumber than Congress. Dumber than [[G Man\|G Man's]] shit. Even relying on framework as bankrupt as [http://great-debate-community.wikia.com/wiki/Governmental_Epistemology governmental epistemology] would not justify one's belief in this concept. Should you encounter Mr. Turtle that hold the purported flat Earth on his shell, please tell him for us that.

	<span>The flat Earth is a crappy idea about the shape of the Earth, which ~~cannot account for many~~ observations that ~~you can easily~~ make ~~if you have~~ some spare time and a camera. Also, flat Earth has no cohesive or agreed-upon model, making it nearly impossible to test. This isn't helped by the fact that flat Earthers are the campions of </span>''post-hoc''<span> explanations, inventing new terms or assigning new meaning and properties to existing terms so that someones test or observation doesn't </span>'''''REALLY'''''<span> disprove a flat Earth (see </span>[[Betty Van Velsen]]<span>).</span>		<span>The flat Earth is a crappy idea about the shape of the Earth, which can be easily disproved by simple observations that anyone make who has some spare time and a camera. Also, flat Earth has no cohesive or agreed-upon model, making it nearly impossible to test. This isn't helped by the fact that flat Earthers are the campions of </span>''post-hoc''<span> explanations, inventing new terms or assigning new meaning and properties to existing terms so that someones test or observation doesn't </span>'''''REALLY'''''<span> disprove a flat Earth (see </span>[[Betty Van Velsen]]<span>).</span>

	<span>They also typically use certain buzz-words they don't understand to describe terms and effects they don't understand like: perspective, the atmosphere, refraction, lensing, gravity, and more.</span>		<span>They also typically use certain buzz-words they don't understand to describe terms and effects they don't understand like: perspective, the atmosphere, refraction, lensing, gravity, and more.</span>

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	== Connections to other Forms of Pseudoscience ==		== Connections to other Forms of Pseudoscience ==
	Acceptance of the flat Earth generally comes with Biblical literalism, geocentrism, young-Earth creationism, and an acceptance of many other conspiracy theories such as the faking of the moon landing and most massacres, 9/11, all of science in general, and even ancient aliens, often involving the illuminati, ~~free masons~~, zionists or a combination of them.		Acceptance of the flat Earth generally comes with Biblical literalism, geocentrism, young-Earth creationism, and an acceptance of many other conspiracy theories such as the faking of the moon landing and most massacres, 9/11, all of science in general, and even ancient aliens, often involving the illuminati, freemasons, zionists or a combination of them.

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	== Connections to other Forms of Pseudoscience ==		== Connections to other Forms of Pseudoscience ==
	Acceptance of the flat Earth generally comes with Biblical literalism, geocentrism, young-Earth creationism, and an acceptance of many other conspiracy theories such as the faking of the moon landing and most massacres, 9/11, all of science in general, and even ancient aliens.		Acceptance of the flat Earth generally comes with Biblical literalism, geocentrism, young-Earth creationism, and an acceptance of many other conspiracy theories such as the faking of the moon landing and most massacres, 9/11, all of science in general, and even ancient aliens, often involving the illuminati, free masons, zionists or a combination of them.

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imported>House Escalus: Adding categories

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	[[File:Aus-17-nov-2016-1938-sunset-explained.jpg\|left\|thumb\|270x270px\|The flat earth map cannot get the proper position of the sunset correct in the southern hemisphere. The globe, however, can.]]		[[File:Aus-17-nov-2016-1938-sunset-explained.jpg\|left\|thumb\|270x270px\|The flat earth map cannot get the proper position of the sunset correct in the southern hemisphere. The globe, however, can.]]
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imported>House Escalus at 22:16, 21 July 2017

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	The evidence against the flat earth is ''overwhelming.'' Here's a bunch of diagrams that prove the earth by definition MUST be a spheroid of some kind, and not a gigantic communion wafer:		The evidence against the flat earth is ''overwhelming.'' Here's a bunch of diagrams that prove the earth by definition MUST be a spheroid of some kind, and not a gigantic communion wafer:
	[[File:DEZccQUUwAEIcSg.png\|left\|thumb\|300x300px\|The altitude angle of Polaris corresponds to your latitude (within a few degrees of error, since Polaris isn't exactly on the north celestial pole, but close enough to treat it as if it is). This only works on a globe. ]]		[[File:DEZccQUUwAEIcSg.png\|left\|thumb\|300x300px\|The altitude angle of Polaris corresponds to your latitude (within a few degrees of error, since Polaris isn't exactly on the north celestial pole, but close enough to treat it as if it is). This only works on a globe. ]]
	[[File:Schermafbeelding 2017-07-21 om 19.25.55.png~~\|left~~\|thumb\|~~464x464px~~\|This is a "celestial chart" or a map of the night sky, with the celestial poles at the center of each celestial hemi<u>sphere.</u> These types of maps have been made since the days of exploration. They were essential for sailors to navigate (especially during the night), because if you know the date and time, you can use the stars not only to calculate your latitude, which is easily done using one star like Polaris (see previous picture), but also your longitude so can determine where you are on earth, even at sea. These maps are only reliable if the earth is a sphere. Using a flat earth model to construct a map of the sky would only get you lost at sea or anywhere else. ]]		[[File:Schermafbeelding 2017-07-21 om 19.25.55.png\|thumb\|342x342px\|This is a "celestial chart" or a map of the night sky, with the celestial poles at the center of each celestial hemi<u>sphere.</u> These types of maps have been made since the days of exploration. They were essential for sailors to navigate (especially during the night), because if you know the date and time, you can use the stars not only to calculate your latitude, which is easily done using one star like Polaris (see previous picture), but also your longitude so can determine where you are on earth, even at sea. These maps are only reliable if the earth is a sphere. Using a flat earth model to construct a map of the sky would only get you lost at sea or anywhere else. ]]
	[[File:Azimuthal equidistant projection SW - Copy (3).jpg\|left\|thumb\|275x275px\|The sun would appear to move faster in December. We ~~dont~~ see this... '''EVER.''']]		[[File:Azimuthal equidistant projection SW - Copy (3).jpg\|left\|thumb\|275x275px\|The sun would appear to move faster in December. We don't see this... '''EVER.''']]

	[[File:Screenshot (180).png~~\|left~~\|thumb\|270x270px\|During the equinoxes on a flat earth, the sun would have to be in multiple places at the same time to match observations.]]		[[File:Screenshot (180).png\|thumb\|270x270px\|During the equinoxes on a flat earth, the sun would have to be in multiple places at the same time to match observations.]]

	[[File:Screenshot (104).png~~\|left~~\|thumb\|274x274px\|The equators circumference would be 1.57x bigger on the flat earth.]]		[[File:Screenshot (104).png\|thumb\|274x274px\|The equators circumference would be 1.57x bigger on the flat earth.]]

	[[File:Aus-17-nov-2016-1938-sunset-explained.jpg\|left\|thumb\|270x270px\|The flat earth map cannot get the proper position of the sunset correct in the southern hemisphere. The globe, however, can.]]		[[File:Aus-17-nov-2016-1938-sunset-explained.jpg\|left\|thumb\|270x270px\|The flat earth map cannot get the proper position of the sunset correct in the southern hemisphere. The globe, however, can.]]
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	The evidence against the flat earth is ''overwhelming.'' Here's a bunch of diagrams that prove the earth by definition MUST be a spheroid of some kind, and not a gigantic communion wafer:		The evidence against the flat earth is ''overwhelming.'' Here's a bunch of diagrams that prove the earth by definition MUST be a spheroid of some kind, and not a gigantic communion wafer:
	[[File:DEZccQUUwAEIcSg.png\|left\|thumb\|300x300px\|The altitude angle of Polaris corresponds to your latitude (within a few degrees of error, since Polaris isn't exactly on the north celestial pole, but close enough to treat it as if it is). This only works on a globe. ]]		[[File:DEZccQUUwAEIcSg.png\|left\|thumb\|300x300px\|The altitude angle of Polaris corresponds to your latitude (within a few degrees of error, since Polaris isn't exactly on the north celestial pole, but close enough to treat it as if it is). This only works on a globe. ]]
	[[File:Schermafbeelding 2017-07-21 om 19.25.55.png~~\|left~~\|thumb\|~~464x464px~~\|This is a "celestial chart" or a map of the night sky, with the celestial poles at the center of each celestial hemi<u>sphere.</u> These types of maps have been made since the days of exploration. They were essential for sailors to navigate (especially during the night), because if you know the date and time, you can use the stars not only to calculate your latitude, which is easily done using one star like Polaris (see previous picture), but also your longitude so can determine where you are on earth, even at sea. These maps are only reliable if the earth is a sphere. Using a flat earth model to construct a map of the sky would only get you lost at sea or anywhere else. ]]		[[File:Schermafbeelding 2017-07-21 om 19.25.55.png\|thumb\|342x342px\|This is a "celestial chart" or a map of the night sky, with the celestial poles at the center of each celestial hemi<u>sphere.</u> These types of maps have been made since the days of exploration. They were essential for sailors to navigate (especially during the night), because if you know the date and time, you can use the stars not only to calculate your latitude, which is easily done using one star like Polaris (see previous picture), but also your longitude so can determine where you are on earth, even at sea. These maps are only reliable if the earth is a sphere. Using a flat earth model to construct a map of the sky would only get you lost at sea or anywhere else. ]]
	[[File:Azimuthal equidistant projection SW - Copy (3).jpg\|left\|thumb\|275x275px\|The sun would appear to move faster in December. We ~~dont~~ see this... '''EVER.''']]		[[File:Azimuthal equidistant projection SW - Copy (3).jpg\|left\|thumb\|275x275px\|The sun would appear to move faster in December. We don't see this... '''EVER.''']]

	[[File:Screenshot (180).png~~\|left~~\|thumb\|270x270px\|During the equinoxes on a flat earth, the sun would have to be in multiple places at the same time to match observations.]]		[[File:Screenshot (180).png\|thumb\|270x270px\|During the equinoxes on a flat earth, the sun would have to be in multiple places at the same time to match observations.]]

	[[File:Screenshot (104).png~~\|left~~\|thumb\|274x274px\|The equators circumference would be 1.57x bigger on the flat earth.]]		[[File:Screenshot (104).png\|thumb\|274x274px\|The equators circumference would be 1.57x bigger on the flat earth.]]

	[[File:Aus-17-nov-2016-1938-sunset-explained.jpg\|left\|thumb\|270x270px\|The flat earth map cannot get the proper position of the sunset correct in the southern hemisphere. The globe, however, can.]]		[[File:Aus-17-nov-2016-1938-sunset-explained.jpg\|left\|thumb\|270x270px\|The flat earth map cannot get the proper position of the sunset correct in the southern hemisphere. The globe, however, can.]]
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