Comments by "Cardinal R G" (@cardinalRG) on "Johnny Harris"
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@therealzilch --Well said, but of course the “tipping” question is a matter of geometry rather than physics, because in level flight every part of the aircraft remains at the same altitude. Hence, no upward/downward movement (“tipping”) unless the pilot changes the aircraft’s pitch angle. You’ve aptly described why an aircraft would remain in level flight to begin with, which is a matter of physics, and the result of the aircraft being configured (including trimming) to fly level at a particular altitude—barring disturbances, as you point out.
Naturally, flatEarthers don’t comprehend the geometry or the physics of the matter, or aeronautics or even a rudimentary level. When they’re not getting the gyroscope wrong, or completely goofing up global flight routes, or claiming that pilots and flight manuals are on their side, they seem to fall back on this asinine nose-dipping/tipping thing. So we soldier on with the facts, all the same.
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”It is very healthy to be skeptical and ask questions.”
The mere act of questioning something is worthless if one lacks the ability to separate fact from falsehood in the answers that come. It is worse still when the question is emotion-based more than logical, and the questioner has committed ahead of time rejecting any answer that contradicts a pre-selected belief. Such a person has ceded the opportunity to learn anything along the way, and to develop any skill for separating fact from falsehood. This is the farce of the typical flatEarther, whose questioning is not a search for truth, but for validation. And the flatEarther with children passes on this intellectual flaw, with a certain damaging effect.
I get what you mean about scientific skepticism, and there might be some incidental benefit to questioning the Earth’s known shape as, say, an exercise in some lower-level science class, where a rational conclusion is assured. But for adults in 2022 to question something that’s obvious to any seven-year-old with working eyeballs and who wasn’t raised by wolves, is utterly without value to anyone except those who seek to monetize their ignorance.
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FlatEarthism isn’t a theory, friend, because it doesn’t rise to that level. In fact, it’s no more credible than the claim that (2+2=5), and I assume you wouldn’t object to that kind of lunacy being brushed off, would you? Still, when flatEarthers ask questions, many of us make an effort to explain to ignorant adults what an average seven-year-old already understands—that the Earth is a sphere. In short, no flatEarthers’ questions go unanswered, so I’m not sure what you’re complaining about. If the video doesn’t satisfy your curiosity, then feel free to ask questions yourself.
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@christianpulido8360 --Pilots fly whatever flightpath they care to, whether straight and level, or a turn, climb, descent or other. But you don’t even understand what “straight and level” means in the first place. (Hint: It does NOT mean flat, in any way.) As for “FAA handbooks”, we both know that you’ve never read one, but like every other flatEarther, you’re just making ignorant assumptions about how aircraft fly and are flown. Your strategy here is a dead end, because you’ll never fool anyone who knows better, you’ll only fool other flatEarthers.
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Your experience is different than mine. With few exceptions, I’ve found flatEarthers to be petty and hostile toward disagreement, and completely willing to attempt insults as a substitute for presenting a real argument. I’ve been called “shill,” “dupe,” “Satan,” “Satanist,” “stooge,” “liar,” “pedophile,” “godless,” “brainwashed,” “indoctrinated” and too many others to mention. None of it bothers me, of course, but all the vitriol suggests a frightened, bitter mentality that must lash out to compensate for some sad void.
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