“Do pilots say the Earth is flat?”
Debated whether to decline this submission or not Earnest Spiel but decided that I couldn’t pass up the chance to post comments I’ve already made on another post on here.
Daniel Spy posted this answer nearly 18 months ago. I’ve asked him on more occasions than I care to remember, why exactly he started his answer with “SR-71 BLACKBIRD flights proves flat earth” when there is no mention of the Blackbird at all in his answer. The last time I asked him was no more than 72 hours ago. But for some reason, he won’t answer. Perhaps you might be able to explain why someone would blatantly lie and then ignore someone who wants you to explain yourself?
Anyway, scroll through the comments on that answer. The video is approximately 30 minutes long I believe (I can’t be bothered opening it up again). By 16 minutes into it I gave up. I’d ripped it to shreds at that point. You’ll see if you read the comments. I gave detailed points, along with timestamps in the video, proving why the “pilot” was wrong. I invited Mr Spyglasko to comment. Several times. You will see that he never actually responded. Nor has he to this day.
You’d have to wonder why that is. You see, I don’t use the science that some debunkers here use. Nah, my school education ended in 1981 when I left high school. Never went to college or university. Made myself a promise on Friday 15th May 1981 that I’d never return to an educational establishment again for the purpose of studying. Almost 42 years later and I’ve kept that promise.
But have I stopped learning? Hell no. I’ve probably learned more in that 42 years than I’d done in the previous 13 years. The thing I’ve learned most about is common sense. I find it’s one of the most useful tools I have in my armoury. You’ll see from the credential I’ve chosen here that as well as having a great deal of knowledge about aviation, I’ve actually sat in the very front left seat. Granted, my 18 hours of flight time logged are nowhere near the number of hours logged by Hasmal Dawn, Neil Davies or Imran Ismawi, but it’s 18 hours more than the majority of Quora users. So I feel that I can have some input to questions like this.
Have a read of my comments on that answer. Tell me where I’m wrong. Please. Because Mr Spyglasko seems reluctant to want to do that. Is it because I’m not wrong? That’s for you and others to decide. But you need to state why I’m wrong if I am, not just “you’re wrong”.
I’ve got some of these images below in that answer, but for ease of viewing, I’ll include them all here.
Explain this.
Why is the southern red line three times longer than the northern one on the flat map?
Is Buenos Aires (EZE) to Auckland (AKL) 10,000 miles, based on the southern line, or 30,000 based on the northern?
Or is it 6422?
You can do this experiment for yourself. Go into a shop that sells globes or has one on display. Take three pieces of string with you.
Take the first one and measure the distance between Oslo and Houston. Use the second to measure the distance between Jo’burg and Buenos Aires. Are they the same length? Of course they are.
Now take the third piece and measure the distance between Buenos Aires and Auckland. Is that piece approximately 25% longer than the other two? Of course it is.
QED.
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