Comments by "Scott Wallace" (@therealzilch) on "National Geographic" channel.

  1. I hate that the Sun never sets so I can finally go to sleep.
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  2. Yep. If it goes further you get: "you're a paid shill"
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  3. This proves that NASA has access to alien time travel technology.
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  4.  @GADAUNEWS  To answer your first question, you can't. The Sun is never visible directly overhead from any part of the UK, nor from the southernmost point of South Africa. The highest the Sun ever gets in mainland England is 26.5 degrees below the zenith, at noon on the first day of summer, June 21, seen from Lizard Point. At the same time, the Sun will be about 58.5 degrees below the zenith, that is only 31.5 degrees above the horizon, seen from the southernmost point of South Africa. So your question is based on incorrect premises. Your second question is simple: frames of reference. The helicopter, just like you and me, the air, and everything else, is moving along with the rotating Earth. You don't fly to the back of the plane at 500 mph when you leave your seat, do you? The helicopter lands on the same spot after hovering for the same reason.
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  5. NASA established: 1958 Hula Hoop invented: 1958 Coincidence?
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  6.  @TheLoganBrownShow  More to the point: if the Earth were flat, we'd be able to see the Sun all the time. Through miles and miles of atmospheric particles, smog, and clouds.
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  7. Flat Earthers invoke a magical being they call Perspective, but who should really be called Flerspective, who reaches out and gobbles up the Sun when it gets too close to the horizon in the evening, and spits it out the next morning. That's not how they describe their belief, but that's what it amounts to.
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  8.  @jimmywilde2033  Don't need to go to space to see that the Earth is a ball. One sunset is enough.
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  9. Magic.
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  10.  @ishakgayan5301  Where is down?
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  11. I don't know about you, but I don't need any more reminders nowadays.
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  12.  @jimmywilde2033  A sunset proves the ball because if the Earth were flat and the Sun always above it, you'd be able to see it all the time.
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  13. Life is CGI. Bruh. :)
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  14.  @iuliua  But we do know for sure, as surely as we know anything, that the Earth is a globe. No emotions or cognitive dissonance, just simple science.
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  15.  @xxx.118  You are right about two things. Yes, we are lied to all the time. And yes, most people believe the Earth is round or flat or whatever because someone told them so- their parents, their schools, their friends, social media. Most kids don't get to experience hands-on how to determine the shape of the Earth for themselves, and it's a pity, because it's very easy to show that the Earth cannot be flat. There are many ways of doing it, but the easiest is to build an equatorial sundial. This will prove that the Sun moves a constant 15 degrees per hour across the sky, at all times of day or year, from anywhere on Earth. This would not be possible on a flat Earth with a nearby Sun, because the Sun would move faster across the sky at midday when it's close than when it's near the horizon and thus much further away. No electromagnetism, sonoluminescence, atmospheric lensing, or NASA necessary. Just working eyes and brain.
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  16. Many flat Earthers have attempted to go to the edge, but none have returned. Seven million laser-armed NASA-trained penguins see to that.
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  17. The solstices are CGI.
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  18.  @jimmywilde2033  How so? The Sun is only half a degree across. Not a point source of light, but very nearly so. We thus have shadows with fairly sharp edges on any clear day.
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  19. That's pretty accurate, but flat Earthers are even worse than this, because it's not inconceivable that you actually are Frank and have faked all the documents. It's not conceivable that the Earth fakes its curvature, sunsets, views of Polaris, etc.
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  20.  @jimmywilde2033  You are ignoring distances. Even thought the Sun is much larger than the Earth, it's also very far away. But in any case, no matter how far away the Sun is, it's only half a degree in diameter in the sky, and that's what counts when making shadows. You might want to brush up on your math.
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  21.  @jimmywilde2033  As I said, you are ignoring distance. Things further away are smaller in the sky. And you can measure the angular diameter of the Sun for yourself with a piece of dark glass. As I said, it's about half a degree in diameter. Check it out for yourself.
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  22.  @chomar97  I'm sorry, Chomar, but anyone who claims that a ball thrown in the air on a fast train moves to the back of the train is either a) not serious or b) not experienced enough with life to understand any explanation I might offer. No hard feelings, but that's all you get from me. Have a good one. Cheers, Scott
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  23.  @abelcaine9519  No, the Sun is not small and local. If it were, it would appear much larger at midday than when it's near the horizon- but it doesn't. The Sun's disk stays the same size all day. And I don't understand what you mean about sunsets. The Sun goes down below the horizon and then the Earth blocks its light. A flat Earth Sun would always be visible up in the sky.
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  24. Many people have found the edge of the Earth already. But none have returned. Seven million laser armed NASA trained penguins see to that.
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  25. The Earth must be flat. Otherwise, it would roll right off the back of the top turtle.
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  26.  @McKain88  Whatever you're on, I want to try some. Has tomado una poquita hierbabuena?
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  27. Yeah. Silly, isn't it?
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  28. Pizza slices aren't triangular.
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  29. Backing out would mean an end to his income. The same is true of many big flat Earthers- they're only in it for the money.
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  30.  @abelcaine9519  No, the Sun is not small and nearby, as I explained. Have you ever measured the size of the Sun's disk? I bet not. Get a piece of dark glass and do it. And build a sundial. Both will show you that the Sun must be very distant, much farther away than the diameter of the Earth. And sorry, but I have no idea what you're on about with the Sun "stopping at Earth's orbital points/circumference". What does that even mean?
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  31.  @russhook6595  That's your problem right there, looking for proof online, when the proof is outside. Build a sundial. Take the altitude of Polaris. Measure the size of the Sun's disk. There are all kinds of simple experiments you can do yourself that show the Earth cannot be flat. Btw- Tesla was not a flat Earther.
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  32. Not only are we living In a dream- the dreamer is also a dream.
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  33. Flat Earthers have tried this many times. Seven million laser-armed NASA-trained penguins see to it that none have returned.
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  34. And too much time spent watching the screen, too little time spent outside.
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  35. In matters of determining the way the Earth is shaped, I trust the Earth itself more than any book.
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  36. If the oceans made a straight line, there would be no sunsets.
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  37. And you know that all photos of the Earth are fake- how?
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  38. Can sunsets be easily manipulated? Eclipses? Retrograde motion of Mars?
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  39. And too much TV.
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  40. One sunset shows that the Earth cannot be flat. No belief in science necessary.
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  41. Happy Festival of Eostre, the Celtic spring goddess of fertility!
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  42. Nope.
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  43. The Bible also says bats are birds and it's okay to keep slaves, so...
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  44. Unfortunately, there are flat Earthers all over the globe.
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  45. One sunset shows that the Earth cannot be flat. No matter how long your cut and paste word salad is.
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  46. The easiest proof that the Earth is not flat is a sunset: if the Earth were flat and the sun set below the horizon, then it would be night everywhere at once. But we know that doesn't happen. We can tell the Earth must be a globe by watching a lunar eclipse. The shadow cast by the Earth on the Moon is always round. The only shape that always casts a round shadow, no matter how it's turned, is a sphere. There are many other ways to show that the Earth must be a globe, but these are two of the simplest. Good luck, Scott
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  47. Many have done so, but none have returned to tell the tale. Seven million laser-armed NASA-trained penguins see to that.
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  48. The Earth is flat. The Earth is flat. The Earth is flat. Darn, the Sun still went down.
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  49. Good question, and one flat Earthers can't answer without invoking magic in one form or another. They usually claim that light is bendy and/or gets tired in some complex way.
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  50. There were six manned Moon landings, from 1969 to 1972. There have been none since, mostly because once the space race was won, the US didn't want to pay for any more and slashed NASA's budget. They now get a tenth of what they did back then (adjusted for inflation). And down means towards the center of the Earth, because that's the direction gravity pulls you.
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