Bill Nye to flat Earthers and science deniers: 'It affects all of us'

[rod]

Post #24 said, "If Earth is in fact spherical, give me some freakin' measurements; afterall, ACTUAL science is measurable, repeatedly."

You could ask the same for the metrics that define the flat earth too. If a disk, what is the radius? diameter?, circumference? If a four corner square table top, what are the dimensions?

Using telescopes we can see the planets are round and spin, same for the Sun with sunspots and the Moon during different phases shows 3D spherical shape too, especially along the limb when viewing craters and librations that become visible (some 59% of the round Moon is visible using telescopes so it is not a flat disk). How the earth wound up flat in the solar system and what shape the flat earth is (disk, table top, cube, flat triangle shape) and no spin axis - remains unanswered in flat earth science while everything else from Mercury to Pluto is clearly round shape, including the slowly spinning Sun, all verifiable using telescopes. New Horizons clearly showed Pluto's shape too

 

[Wolf28]

Post #24 said, "If Earth is in fact spherical, give me some freakin' measurements; afterall, ACTUAL science is measurable, repeatedly."

You could ask the same for the metrics that define the flat earth too. If a disk, what is the radius? diameter?, circumference? If a four corner square table top, what are the dimensions?

Using telescopes we can see the planets are round and spin, same for the Sun with sunspots and the Moon during different phases shows 3D spherical shape too, especially along the limb when viewing craters and librations that become visible (some 59% of the round Moon is visible using telescopes so it is not a flat disk). How the earth wound up flat in the solar system and what shape the flat earth is (disk, table top, cube, flat triangle shape) and no spin axis - remains unanswered in flat earth science while everything else from Mercury to Pluto is clearly round shape, including the slowly spinning Sun, all verifiable using telescopes. New Horizons clearly showed Pluto's shape too

To argue against what is undeniably false gives it a measure of credence. But I know it's hard to resist.

I have a question for the flat Earthers: We have boats; has anyone actually gone to the edge? What's there? I have never spoken to a Flat-Earther. They really exist?

 

[Wolf28]

Bill Nye is an actor, not a scientist. He believes in, and preaches, Scientism, not science.
Actual science is measurable, repeatedly. If Earth is in fact a spinning, orbiting, hurling ball, then its topical curvature should be measurable, over not just one, but every large body of water, as water always seeks its level. Turns out, this alleged curvature is proving more evasive to find than Waldo. If Earth has a diameter of 7917.5 miles, per spherical geometry this alleged curvature will drop at 7.98 inches for every mile squared. That exponential factor will be increasingly noticeable with distance. What we find, however, when we take actual measurements, is that bridges, shorelines and other structures, which would be obscured by curvature on a spherical Earth, are clearly visible, defying his spinning ball Earth theory. Per the scientific method, when the evidence defies your theory, one must modify the theory accordingly, but Nye is the one who denies actual science.


Nye is anti-science when it comes to masks, as well. The "corona virus" has not even been scientifically isolated to be properly identified. The man who developed the PCR test professed the test is not valid in diagnosing anything. Furthermore, viruses are not contained by cloth material, they are far smaller than the pores of cloth masks. The six foot distancing is another completely arbitrary, unscientific measure. So, go take your fake science and religious faith in Scientism, and stuff it Mr. Nye.

 

[Wolf28]

If Earth is in fact a spinning, orbiting, hurling ball, then its topical curvature should be measurable, over not just one, but every large body of water, as water always seeks its level.

Level in relation to what? Every point on the surface of the Earth tries to level itself in relation to the planet's center of mass. It stands to reason then that if the Earth is spherical, bodies of water will "level" along the planet's spherical shape creating a curve. Question; has anyone ever been to the edge of this flat Earth? I'm curious as I have never spoken to a flat-Earther before and have many questions. What's at the edge? Is there an edge? If not, then what???

 

[Ken Fabian]

Lynn, this is Space.com; people discuss satellites being launched into orbit around an approximately spherical Earth, astronauts look down on it and give eyewitness accounts as well as pictures/video - and it is not flat. And there are all those measurements - altimetry from satellites for example. Before satellites - and still - surveyors include curvature in their calculations because failure to do so leads to errors.

If you really want measurements - if you are not just trolling - then seek and you shall find. You have internet access, obviously; Google will help.

As an aside - sea levels are affected by local gravitational differences and whilst ocean surface is approximately spherical there are high spots and low; land masses nearby mean coastal sea levels are higher near coastlines for example. Greenland ice loss for another example is resulting in sea level falls around it's coast and the highest areas of sea level rise are furthest away from the source. This nasa video shows monthly sea level change and the effects of gravitation -

View: https://youtu.be/VY_SeZiBcM4

 

[mofekka]

"The flat earthers, the anti vaxxers, the anti maskers are not on board with the progress of science. And the thing is, it affects all of us," Bill Nye said.

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Here is a video of a ballon orbiting a light source mimicking the phases of the moon.

View: https://youtu.be/dd4N1fre6D4

this proves the moon is round. Why would the earth be flat?

 

[mofekka]

Bill Nye is an actor, not a scientist. He believes in, and preaches, Scientism, not science.
Actual science is measurable, repeatedly. If Earth is in fact a spinning, orbiting, hurling ball, then its topical curvature should be measurable, over not just one, but every large body of water, as water always seeks its level. Turns out, this alleged curvature is proving more evasive to find than Waldo. If Earth has a diameter of 7917.5 miles, per spherical geometry this alleged curvature will drop at 7.98 inches for every mile squared. That exponential factor will be increasingly noticeable with distance. What we find, however, when we take actual measurements, is that bridges, shorelines and other structures, which would be obscured by curvature on a spherical Earth, are clearly visible, defying his spinning ball Earth theory. Per the scientific method, when the evidence defies your theory, one must modify the theory accordingly, but Nye is the one who denies actual science.


Nye is anti-science when it comes to masks, as well. The "corona virus" has not even been scientifically isolated to be properly identified. The man who developed the PCR test professed the test is not valid in diagnosing anything. Furthermore, viruses are not contained by cloth material, they are far smaller than the pores of cloth masks. The six foot distancing is another completely arbitrary, unscientific measure. So, go take your fake science and religious faith in Scientism, and stuff it Mr. Nye.

Here is a video I made of a ballon orbiting a light source mimicking the phases of the moon.

View: https://youtu.be/dd4N1fre6D4

this proves the moon is round. Why would the earth be flat?