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Shaq believes in a flat earth. Edit: Claims he doesn't believe in a flat earth
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SaviourMK2
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He can believe what he wants. He's wrong.
If Earth is round then why does this 100% accurate .gif of day and night cycle exist?
True Savior
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He can't articulate a thought about a sport he played for 3 decades or such. It's perfectly reasonable he has trouble with basic concepts about earth.
Imp the Dimp
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hm that was pretty convincing
What truly baffles me about this flat earth nonsense is a lack of motive.
This is apparently the largest conspiracy in human history, involving all members of all governments, all scientists, all pilots, all ship captains and crews, everyone who designs and builds planes and ships, all cartographers, all astronauts, and who knows who else.
Why? For what? What is the potential gain from such a stupendous world effort?
This is apparently the largest conspiracy in human history, involving all members of all governments, all scientists, all pilots, all ship captains and crews, everyone who designs and builds planes and ships, all cartographers, all astronauts, and who knows who else.
Why? For what? What is the potential gain from such a stupendous world effort?
Michael F. Assbender
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People wonder why Donald Trump won.
He won because people are more willing to except flawed but easily available information than they are difficult to find/understand but true information. They believe in the truth of their own personal experiences over the fact of collective knowledge. They believe that facts are only facts when those facts fit comfortably with what they already feel.
This country deserves Donald Trump.
He won because people are more willing to except flawed but easily available information than they are difficult to find/understand but true information. They believe in the truth of their own personal experiences over the fact of collective knowledge. They believe that facts are only facts when those facts fit comfortably with what they already feel.
This country deserves Donald Trump.
This has nothing to do with the topic, but I actually know the dude who's in your avatar lol
No, lots of people are just really really dumb.
John Kowalski
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Sane and smart people believe in dumb things all the time.
SpideySenses
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Searched this to see if this was real, thought it was fake at first given her Twitter handle, now realise she's spelt her name wrong. What the fuck.
Fox Mulder
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Why even bother asking athletes or celebrities about this kind of shit anyways.
You can be great at basketball and still be a dumbfuck.
You can be great at basketball and still be a dumbfuck.
Conciliator
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If Earth is round then why does this 100% accurate .gif of day and night cycle exist?
lololol so wait is the south pole the edge of the world? what's the circumference of the flat earth anyway?
Linkstrikesback
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You... You are being sarcastic, right?
Do you think all the other planets and solar bodies are round and Earth isn't?
The Main Event
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Are actual people seriously debating on this lol.
Michael F. Assbender
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Curved lense.
I'm not saying it. That's the argument you'll hear. You can't win. Willful ignorance is more powerful than fact.
psynergylover
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Damn Shaq.....not you too....
Ether_Snake
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This kind of hysteria will only get worst in poorly educated industrialized countries. If people had guaranteed income, they would spend their time not working or not thinking about work, and instead spend it reading about conspiracies, arguing over pointless things like people on internet forums but in real life, and be willing to sacrifice national interest in favor of their stupid ideas. They will vote for Alex Jones as president and all that stuff. The US is a mess.
It sounded to me that he might have been trolling just to mess around, but part of me thought "oh please Shaq, say it ain't so."
Flat Earth believers don't have the answers to these questions because they don't use facts at all, so I don't have the answers to those questions either.
Mr. Poolman
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But... but... gravity?If Earth is round then why does this 100% accurate .gif of day and night cycle exist?
How does gravity works then?
Uno Venova
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Science is a liar...sometimes.
Sho_Nuff82
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Sadly, if you said this in a public forum 200 years ago, people would say "here's a protractor, ruler, compass, and a telescope - prove it."
And then you'd have to sit in a corner and be alone with your terrible, groundless opinions.
And then you'd have to sit in a corner and be alone with your terrible, groundless opinions.
Riddle me this.
If the Earth wasn't flat then why is the Milky Way always described as discus?
To go further, why do Milky Way chocolate bars have no nuts and are always one of the least enjoyed chocolate concoctions next to almond joys? Because we're not nuts and us flat earth truthers aren't meant to be understood by the masses!
If the Earth wasn't flat then why is the Milky Way always described as discus?
To go further, why do Milky Way chocolate bars have no nuts and are always one of the least enjoyed chocolate concoctions next to almond joys? Because we're not nuts and us flat earth truthers aren't meant to be understood by the masses!
Tertullian
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Duh, the curvature is so gradual that it's just not noticeable from ordinary experience.
Hey, wait a minute...
IF Earth was flat, this is how gravity would feel like assuming the gravity of Earth was measured from the center.
As you went away from the center it would feel like you're climbing a steeper and steeper hill but it is completely flat. You'd have to compensate for that gravity by building structures in an angle. Like this
Note: not to scale
If Earth is round then why does this 100% accurate .gif of day and night cycle exist?
So, how do they explain days getting shorter in winter and longer in summer and Antarctica getting 24 hours of sunlight in december?
If Earth is round then why does this 100% accurate .gif of day and night cycle exist?
This is so baffling and stupid.
Apparently the Sun and moon are the same size that the Sun can't illuminate the Earth well. Never mind trying to comprehend that the Sun is revolving around the Earth.
By the way, what about Earth's magnetic poles? How do Flat Earthers explain that?
Mechanized
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This dumbass motherfucker. Read a goddamn book.
chromatic9
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Should send him on a U2 spy plane flight to see the earth curvature but he'd probably say he's drugged or it's holographic image projected on to the cockpit.
Veritigo_X
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This is why Trump won
Ether_Snake
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They believe in God and the devil. They say all of this is to turn people away from God. It's pretty much always the same when it comes to anti-science beliefs.
That's why people here saying "but what about this, how do they explain that?" is a complete waste of time. I've seen some argue on FB over this, you would think they were trolls if you didn't know they were actually religious along with their families. Completely insane.
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