Compared flat earth and hollow earth models side by side at a meetup

Last Saturday I sat through a 3 hour debate between two guys at the Denver meetup. The flat earth guy had a poster with math and photos. But the hollow earth guy had a stack of old books from the 1800s with names and dates. The flat earth argument actually made more sense when you looked at the horizon photos they showed. Anyone else find one theory holds up better under basic scrutiny?

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casey1614d ago

Honestly, the flat earth argument using horizon photos is the part that trips people up the most. If you actually trace the curve in those pics, it's basically flat at sea level, so I get why it convinces people. The hollow earth stuff just feels like it's relying too much on old stories instead of stuff you can check yourself.

miamitchell14d agoMost Upvoted

Yeah but see that's exactly the thing that bugs me about the horizon argument. Those photos are taken with a lens that's like a few feet above the water, of course you're not gonna see a massive curve from that low down. If you actually get up high enough, like 30,000 feet in a plane, you can see the curve plain as day without needing to trace anything. The flat earth people always pick the worst examples to prove their point. And yeah the hollow earth stuff is totally based on old myths and stuff, I agree with you there. But the horizon thing is just bad science, not something that should trip people up if they think about it for a second.