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For anyone who believes the Earth is flat I am not here to say you fell for a psyop, call you names, or insult you in general. I just have a few questions and observations I would like to have addressed. I am being respectful so please do the same.

1) I hear many people who are flat earth believers say sunrise and sunsets are perspective. My question, why is it if when you use a solar filter on a camera you can photograph the sun from sunrise to sunset you can clearly observe the sun come from behind a physical barrier, stay the same size, and then disappear bottom up behind a physical barrier? If the Earth were flat the sun is small and local, the sun should change size as it moves farther away from observer but this is not what is observed.

2) when walking cross country, why is it if I use compass, walk one mile, turn 60 degrees, walk one more, turn 60 degrees, and walk a third mile ibwill not end up near where I began. But doing the same thing with 90bdegree turns inl donl end up back where I started? If the earth were flat why would I need to make a triangle with internal angles equal to 270 degrees as opposed to 180 degrees?

3) why is it objects, regardless of their mass all accelerate at the exact same rate towards the earth when dropped? [Note you can't say density as density isn't a force and cannot give objects a vector and you cannot say buoyancy as to calculate buoyancy you have to factor in gravity]

4) why is it a pendulum drifts differently based on you position on earth?

5) why does Earth have an atmospheric pressure gradient starting at 14.7 psi and gradually decreasing as you gain elevation eventually reaching near 0? If the earth were contained then the gas particles would be hitting a physical barrier like the flat earth claims to be why do we not have a uniform pressure regardless of altitude?

6) why does every gyroscope on every aircraft all detect a 15 degree per hour drift regardless of it they're moving or stationary? [Note you can't claim its detecting the movement of the sky as the gyros are sealed and can't detect movement of the sky]

7) what would be the reason to lie about the shape of the Earth? [Note you can't say to make us turn from God, as of 2019 nearly 71% of all adults on the planet believe in a God or afterlife, most of those being Abrahamic religions so clearly this can't be the case]

8) why does a compass built in the northern hemisphere not work in the southern?

Again not being a dick I just want a real, scientifically based, intelligent answers, not the Bible says this, or this ancient culture believed this.

here is the post.

For anyone who believes the Earth is flat I am not here to say you fell for a psyop, call you names, or insult you in general. I just have a few questions and observations I would like to have addressed. I am being respectful so please do the same. 1) I hear many people who are flat earth believers say sunrise and sunsets are perspective. My question, why is it if when you use a solar filter on a camera you can photograph the sun from sunrise to sunset you can clearly observe the sun come from behind a physical barrier, stay the same size, and then disappear bottom up behind a physical barrier? If the Earth were flat the sun is small and local, the sun should change size as it moves farther away from observer but this is not what is observed. 2) when walking cross country, why is it if I use compass, walk one mile, turn 60 degrees, walk one more, turn 60 degrees, and walk a third mile ibwill not end up near where I began. But doing the same thing with 90bdegree turns inl donl end up back where I started? If the earth were flat why would I need to make a triangle with internal angles equal to 270 degrees as opposed to 180 degrees? 3) why is it objects, regardless of their mass all accelerate at the exact same rate towards the earth when dropped? [Note you can't say density as density isn't a force and cannot give objects a vector and you cannot say buoyancy as to calculate buoyancy you have to factor in gravity] 4) why is it a pendulum drifts differently based on you position on earth? 5) why does Earth have an atmospheric pressure gradient starting at 14.7 psi and gradually decreasing as you gain elevation eventually reaching near 0? If the earth were contained then the gas particles would be hitting a physical barrier like the flat earth claims to be why do we not have a uniform pressure regardless of altitude? 6) why does every gyroscope on every aircraft all detect a 15 degree per hour drift regardless of it they're moving or stationary? [Note you can't claim its detecting the movement of the sky as the gyros are sealed and can't detect movement of the sky] 7) what would be the reason to lie about the shape of the Earth? [Note you can't say to make us turn from God, as of 2019 nearly 71% of all adults on the planet believe in a God or afterlife, most of those being Abrahamic religions so clearly this can't be the case] 8) why does a compass built in the northern hemisphere not work in the southern? Again not being a dick I just want a real, scientifically based, intelligent answers, not the Bible says this, or this ancient culture believed this. @Joe_Jaywalker here is the post.

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[–] • 3 pts (edited )

You do

Yes I have

That's not an explanation

Gravity isn't what the pendulum drift is demonstrating, it is demonstrating rotation.

The pressure gradient has been demonstrated that's why you need oxygen or a pressurized cabin for high altitude flights

They absolutely do

We escape the earth often

That does not explain why the compass stops working when I cross the equator

[–] • 2 pts

You don't make any sense

[–] • 5 pts

Imagine believing you live on a spinning ball and that there are agencies exploring “space,” yet instead of showing visual evidence that proves you live on a ball, you have to resort to abstract bullshit like talking about pendulums.

[–] • 3 pts (edited )

I know, those pseudo intellectual people are the literal definition of pompous idiots

[–] • 1 pt

wants to show images of Earthbfrom space

immediately dismisses any photo as fake.

Typical flerf

[–] • 0 pt

That does not explain why the compass stops working when I cross the equator

I'm curious, never heard this before. What does the compass do when you cross the hemisphere?

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Basically compasses are calibrated to their nearest magnetic pole. Northern Hemisphere compasses when taken across the equator drift a substantial number degrees depending on the compass manufacturer. And vise versa

Some cool history, when the British sent their navy to the Falklands their initial barrage was a mile off target because they recalibrated their navigational equipment when they crossed the equator but not their targeting equipment.

[–] • 1 pt

Interesting.

Another question I have that i cant figure is:

The earth spins at like 1,000 miles per hour, and it is rotating around the sun at 66,000 mph. The earth is also on an spinning axis. The earth and sun are moving through the galaxy, and the galaxy through the universe.

So why does the pole star never move? Have you ever seen the time lapse picts of the pole star with all other stars spinning around but not the pole star. I dont how that can constantly be the case with all the moving variables.

What am I missing?

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If you care, the is something called magnetic precession. This also requires localized adjustment for the local magnetic variance.

Regardless, this also indirectly infers a spinning globe.

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Do seaman use in the southern hemisphere use a compass.

I know they use a sextant.