Unpopular opinions

seawolf

@Giles Astonishing! That's quite a feat.

seawolf

@Nick I love when flat-earthers conduct experiments and prove the earth is round by accident.

ARNC

@Matt isn’t that what you did in the Airstream (assuming that isn’t part of the conspiracy)?

Matt

I guess we’ll never really know for sure.

Tago Mago

@ARNC None if us is crazy enough to come up with @Matt's stuff

ARNC

@Tago-Mago I think I’m convinced!

goosehd

You guys are missing one important element in this discussion. @Matt lived in New Mexico for a period of time - Fact. Aliens love New Mexico - Fact. Aliens love to perform experiments on humans - Fact.

Matt saw a reason to leave New Mexico - Fact.

I’ll let you guys come up with your own conclusions.

mclaincausey

@seawolf that documentary Behind the Curve had me shouting at the TV. “Oh. Wow. The experiment supports the earth being round. The experiment must be wrong!”

Real geniuses with a complete grasp of the scientific method

Giles

@seawolf I first found out about the Oxcart when reading about the frankly astonishing Brian Shul...

https://theaviationist.com/2023/05/24/the-sled-driver-has-flown-west/

Giles

Unpopular opinion - They don't make them like that any more....

mclaincausey

@Giles I really wish they would reprint some of his books.

Here is a shot from one of them that used to be a phone wallpaper for me. A coffee table book including such photos and details about the plane would be great.

SR-71 and pilots_Original.jpeg

No question Lockheed skunkworks managed to keep many projects hidden from the public eye, including U2 and the F117. Impressive, though doesn’t lend credence to the moon landing being a hoax.

pechelman

slightly off thread topic but on topic for the last few posts, if you have any interest in the SR-71 and havent read it, I'd highly recommend Ben Rich's book on Skunk Works.

Tago Mago

@Matt I googled Matt-Bot. I wish I hadn't

popvulture

@Nick said in Unpopular opinions:

I do enjoy people arguing about it. Esp flat earth. Watching a YouTube video does not give you the authority to deny actual science from scientists. Not sure if I should laugh or just hold my head in the palm of my hands.

Flat-Earth belief is really peak moronitude, the uncut cocaine version of stupidity. I feel like I need to develop a checklist to present to these folks.

Go outside. I know it's hard, but do it.
Find a wide open space and pick an object far in the distance.
Walk forward and notice how said object appears to rise out of nowhere as you approach.
Ponder a curve.
Go back home and read anything but your phone. Preferably a book.

mclaincausey

It’s just so easily falsified, you really have to be mentally ill or trolling not to accept what was obvious even to the ancients about our planet.

Another obvious falsification is the earth’s shadow on the moon. Why is it always a perfect circle? Why aren’t we getting weird oblong projections?

Reminds me of a meme I saw. Something to the effect of expecting flying cars by now when a kid but instead having to rage “THE EARTH IS ROUND” at morons.