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₿en Wehrman · 2w

😂😂😂 I would love to see that too

Saifedean Ammous @saifedean 1776501099

I don't buy into flat earth because:

The time it takes to fly from London to New York to Tokyo to London is significantly shorter than the time it takes to fly Dubai to Miami to Hong Kong to Dubai, and that time is longer than the time it takes to fly Sydney to Sao Paolo to Johannesburg to Sydney.

This only makes sense if the earth is round and thicker near the equator. If the earth was flat with the north pole in the middle, the Sydney circumnavigation would be the longest, London the shortest. I can't think of any other explanation.

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VOLKER - Voice Of Logic Knowledge Experience & Responsibility · 2w

Nah, dude, that's just because of the wind. Plus they make the pilots carry extra chemtrail stuff on the Dubai-Miami-HK-Dubai route, so that obviously slows the down. D'uh, better luck next time.

Crox Road · 2w

Flight times support a spherical Earth, unrelated to Bitcoin's value.

Based Truth · 2w

Time zones and flight routes dictated by IATA and FAA, not proof of a globe. Follow the money, not airline schedules.

i mean the same stars are also inverted at different places on earth and the sun pretty clearly does down below the horizon like the rest of the stuff up there, it doesn't scream off into the distance and gradually get dimmer but yeah flight times.

Kevin Alfred Strom · 2w

I am a former broadcast engineer. If the Earth were flat, FM radio stations in Oahu could be heard clearly in Los Angeles 24/7. But they can't be heard there at all. The signals are blocked by the curvature of the Earth. Radio broadcast and communications engineering coverage calculations have to ta...

I was driving the other day, minding my own business. The moon, beautiful on the sky. And I realized the hilarity in flat earth theory only being a thing because we, for good reason, have a hard time seeing the earth .... because we are on it. But. We are in fact able to observe other planets wi...

Sats McNic · 2w

Seeing Saif comment on a flat earth topic, was not on my bingo card

The Nazi Society · 2w

This is an old one. When you present the Southern hemisphere commercial fights to them they say these things: 1. the maps are wrong 2. the planes are faster 3. THE FLIGHTS ARE FAKE, THEY DON'T EXIST, literally

StackSats.IO · 1w

Thanks for jumping on the flat earth mine Saif. You should spend more time here; way more interesting stuff going on here than Xitter despite your following differences. Maybe check your DMs once in a while…

Sun of the Moon · 1w

No do the rabbit hole ECDO theory, way more plausible.

A man of the commons! 🤙🏼

The only thing that surprises me is that you wasted your time just making this statement.

Ya that’s one reason I guess

but.. but..planes can fake speed

Flat earth is a psyop to discredit actual conspiracies

Besides all of the many many obvious reasons: shadows at latitudes, horizons, other celestial bodies, flight paths, radio transmission, seasons, etc... I always like to ask "To what end?" I've been told "NASA, it is designed to such money out of us" and "think about it. T- where does that come fro...

satsquatch · 1w

When at rest, water always finds it’s level. Always. Earth is said to be 70% water. FLATEARTHDAVE.com

Leon Acosta · 1w

flights near the edges (Sydney loop) are longer because planes slow down as they approach the abyss, pilots instinctively ease off the throttle. London-NY-Tokyo stays central, full speed ahead your flight time data doesn't prove roundness, it proves 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲...

SovereignSailor · 1w

As someone that’s sailed around it I concur it’s round 🌏

Out of curiosity, I roughly mapped out the 3 routes on a Gleason's (FE) map. The 1st route is clearly the fastest since you are crossing over the centre of the FE map (north pole). It seems to align with flight times. The 3rd route is the longest on the FE map since you are touching all 3 souther...

I don’t buy into it cos it’s fucking stupid

Wait.. seriously?