Comments by "Factchekka" (@Factchekka) on "3 scientists school flat Earthers on the evidence | Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye, Michelle Thaller" video.
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@russellyork5853 I think the earth is round (or more specifically, spherical), because it seems logical in regards to the explanations given by popular science, the abundance of easily accessible evidence that is available, and by what I have seen and experienced in the world around me my whole life.
A bit of background information for context: From a young age I have always been a bit of a skeptic. If I blindly accepted something as "the truth" just because I was told it was, or because everyone around me believed it was, I would be a devout Roman-Catholic who goes to church every Sunday and prays to God. From the age of about 8 or 9 I began to question what I was being taught at school and in church about religion. This was because of the contradictions I saw between what I was being taught about religion and what I was being taught about science, as well as what I saw and experienced in my life. By the age of around 11, I had become completely skeptical to the point I didn't complete my religious studies by choosing not to get my confirmation. Fortunately, I had parents who were, although religious, open-minded enough to let me choose my own path. So, every week at school, I had to stand up in front of two classrooms of students and go to the library by myself during religious studies. The reason I am telling you this long-winded story is to show that even as a child, I have never accepted something as being true just because everyone around me: my family, my friends, my teachers, my priest, fellow students etc. think that it is. I listen to an explanation and decide if it makes logical sense before I fully accept it as factual.
In regards to the earth being spherical, I think that just what we can see day to day confirms this.
It makes sense to me that the earth is rotating because the sun always rises in the east and sets in the west. Today we can communicate in real time with people living on the other side of the planet, so I can contact someone when it is night-time where I am and they can confirm it is day-time where they are and vice-versa. This makes sense if the earth is spinning.
We can seen during a lunar eclipse , or any phase of the moon for that matter, the curve of the shadow of the earth caused by the sun's light being obscured by the earth. This makes sense if the earth is spherical. You can replicate this effect by shining a torch behind a ball towards a wall.
I live in Perth Australia. When I travel to Johannesburg South Africa, the sun is behind the plane because I am travelling east to west at night. When I travel to Bali Indonesia, the sun is to the side of the plane because I am travelling south to north during the day. This makes sense if the earth is spinning.
When I have flown in a plane at 11'000m I could see the curvature of the earth from my plane window. This makes sense if the earth is spherical.
When I have been at the top of high mountains, I can see much further than if I am at sea level looking over the ocean or a wide open space. This makes sense if the surface of the earth is curved, not flat.
I can see the difference in the position of the rising and setting sun during summer and winter. This makes sense if the planet wobbles on it's axis.
I can see and feel the difference in weather and temperature during the course of a year. This makes sense if the earth is orbiting around the sun while it wobbles.
There are people who have been to the moon and into space who testify to the shape of the earth and moon. This makes sense if they have actually done this.
It doesn't make sense to me that dozens of astronauts from different countries, thousands of people who work directly to enable space projects to happen, tens of thousands of scientists with expertise in different areas and educated in thousands of different universities in different countries across the world, virtually all the worlds reporters and media, different governments from different countries spread across multiple generations are all conspiring together to hide from the rest of the human population that the earth is flat.
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