Quote (Santara @ Aug 15 2017 12:22pm)
what vsauce said was that the math for the angles and lengths of shadows that Eratosthenes used to find the diameter of the ball Earth could be relatively comparable to a near-placed sun over a flat Earth.
exactly what i said
Quote (Santara @ Aug 15 2017 12:22pm)
What he did not do was state that the sun is near or that there is ANY reason to think so.
of course he never said that , and because he never stated that doesnt mean that your misunderstand in true. Your wrong opinion is based on the absence of evidence, very weak.
Quote (Santara @ Aug 15 2017 12:22pm)
Since it is physically impossible for a ball shaped sun to shine like a spotlight over just a portion of the Earth, and your supremely bullshit excuse called "optical perspective" cannot possibly explain readily observable phenomena, we know the sun can't be close over a flat Earth.
Argument from ignorance which you continue to repeat like a broken record, just because you dont understand it, does not mean its false.
Quote (Santara @ Aug 15 2017 12:22pm)
We know that Eratosthenes is therefore correct.
Incorrect conclusion, there actually is no evidence the sun is far away and huge, this is just your wrong opinion and pure faith in Betalogic. Even Newton only said the Sun was 1 million miles away - so was he also 93% wrong with everything else?
Quote (Santara @ Aug 15 2017 12:22pm)
Good job card, someone with nothing better than time on his hands and a degree of ingenuity from 2000+ years ago is smarter than you, even with a computer and Google.
Very weak ad-hominem, i expect better trolls from you
Quote (Santara @ Aug 15 2017 12:22pm)
I don't NEED to use circular logic, I've already destroyed all of your shit arguments.
Stating your opinion as fact is incredulous rubbish meant to ease your cognitive dissonance.
Quote (Santara @ Aug 15 2017 12:22pm)
I've simply chosen to skip steps now. This is resolved. No, you don't have to agree. You have an opinion, and your opinion is wrong.
It's demonstrably wrong, and it's been covered ad nauseam. That's another Latin term for you, sorry. So was per se and de facto. I'm sorry that terms that have carried into the modern lexicon are beyond you. You're still wrong.
Just because you simple repeat something 20x, doesn't make you right, I think we all understand you believe in everything the state wants you to believe, where as I make up my own mind.
Im sorry that it bothers you to the nth degree. Get over it.
It also not my job to convince you of the shape of the earth, especially to someone who refuses to look at evidence like you do all the time.
You're like a stubborn ornery mule who refuses to drink water in the desert, thats cool. Keep them blinders on, there were made for a reason.
This post was edited by card_sultan on Aug 15 2017 05:11pm