For those who don’t know, Martian solar eclipses suck compared to ours. The near equal relative size of the sun and moon to Earth is why we get such awesome eclipses.
Perks of having a planet-sized object slam into your planet during its Hadean Eon.
Phobos is just not very aesthetically constructed.
Especially after we sent our space marines there to kill all those demons.
Only one will actually get the job done, though.
You can’t fool me, those are just the cookie monster’s eyes
Since our moon is moving away from us we’ll have these sorts of eclipses in the future. The fact that we’re living at a time when they’re the same apparent size is pretty amazing.
Imagine eclipses in the very early ages of life on land. It would be like Pitch Black.
The creatures in Pitch Black had a more equitable society, prove me wrong
Is flat earth still a thing? I haven’t been hearing as much about it lately but maybe people just stopped caring.
I do wonder how long a movement that can be easily disproven by literally anyone can sustain itself. I mean sure, the true believers will stay but if anyone can go out and confirm the roundness of the earth themselves it makes it a bit tough to keep people who are on the fence…
They moved on to qanon. That’s not even a joke.
I think the vast majority of promoters online were trolls, and the vast majority of followers were morons
All the hype was subsumed by people following cults that actually have an impact on our daily lives.
It is still a wonder of nature though that they appear the exact same size in our sky, allowing perfect eclipses
I’m actually still convinced that Flats are just trolling the whole world and pissing their pants from laughing when noone looks.
These things can’t be truly real and serious. They can’t. No. Nonono.
There’s a fascinating documentary, Behind the Curve. It talks about how, for a lot of these people, it began with the thrill of having some secret knowledge that others don’t, and then found they had a community and felt included for the first time in their lives (for some of them). That sense of community is really important to humans, so now, just like religion, there is more binding people to the movement than just the hidden knowledge.
(If I’m remembering correctly. I may be conflating it, it’s been a while since I watched it.)
That actually makes sense and explains best. Extremely sad, but that’s probably it. Besides those that just love to troll. Never thought about reason tbh, i was so baffled at the sheer stupidity of it all to see the “good”.
I never remember which one is the burger eclipse and which the car eclipse
Flerfs can’t understand scale, they can’t understand 3d space, they can’t understand distances, they can’t understand pretty much anything. The world is scary for them, they deserve our pity AND scorn. If only they paid attention in school
Flerfs can’t understand scale, they can’t understand 3d space, they can’t understand distances, they can’t understand pretty much anything. The world is scary for them, they deserve our pity AND scorn. If only they paid attention in school
They certainly deserve our pity. They’re lonely people who were never great in school and now get to think they’re smarter than others AND have found a community that accepts them.
Unfortunately the very pressures that made them susceptible to the flat earth movement and other conspiracies are the same pressures that keep them from accepting that they’re wrong. “Scorn” probably isn’t a useful tool, even if it feels like the right one (and they absolutely deserve it).
The Socratic method would be far more effective. Continue to ask them questions, accepting as a given that they’re intelligent people and treating them as such. Innocently interrogate them, with genuine interest, about the things they are saying until they reason themselves out of their positions.
But this will only work if they’re someone you know, most likely. Otherwise they’re likely to shun you the first time they come across a question that truly shakes their position.
You can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into. “They’re hiding the true shape of the ball, because they don’t like god” isn’t a reasonable argument. And yet for a lot of Flat Earthers, that’s exactly the reason why a lot of them believe the earth is flat “cuz muh bibble sez so”.
Believe you me, I have tried the socratic method, but they’re much more comfortable with the lies from Eric Dubay’s monotonous drone zone, Flatzoid’s Perspective’s selective editing, Nathan Oakley’s daily shouting hour than any real facts. We live in a post fact world, it’s all “a matter of opinion” to these flat earth weirdos.
Great, now I’m hungry for car : /
Basically the father Ted skit with cows https://youtu.be/MMiKyfd6hA0
Dude thought he was in orthographic view.
how can I calculate the distance at which the sun filled my entire field of view?
That’s about the size, where you put your eyes
We’re dealing with a class of people who genuinely think Sesame Street is a commie psyop
