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Category: Flerf Tropes

Cherry picking passages out of context to misrepresent serious authors is a common tactic of Flat Earthers. Here are some common examples which repeatedly crop up, even after they have been corrected.

  • ”The Earth Measures Flat”

    Flerf comment of the day, including spelling and grammar:

    Its a fac regardles of Nathan saying it, all measurments of Earth are flat and require earth to be flat.

    And the excellent response:

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  • Admiralty Chart 4009

    “All maps are flat” flerfs will say, usually to avoid showing a flat Earth map. Making a flat Earth map would be simple, using just a straight transformation of the terrain with the same scale everywhere.

    In contrast, the scale on all maps of the actual Earth varies, as every map is a projection of a globe.

    One map I’ve yet to hear a flerf comment on substantively is Admiralty Chart 4009, even though it’s the type of map flerfs should be familiar with.

    Admiralty chart 4009 showing Antarctica, the seas around, and lines of longitude converging at the South Pole.
    Admiralty Chart 4009. Small scale navigational map of Antarctica and the surrounding seas. Note the converging lines of longitude.
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  • All Maps are Flat

    They’re just not maps of a flat earth.

    All maps have distortions of scale affecting distances and angles between places. If the Earth were flat, Earth’s surface features would scale down without distortion. In fact the only non-distorted representation of the Earth is a globe.

    Flerfs will often say that nobody uses a globe to navigate with. What size are they talking about? Let’s be generous and say a 30 cm diameter globe. A bit bulky for a car or aircraft cockpit maybe, but let’s see how that would work.

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  • Curved Angles


    Flerf comment of the day:

    you think u can measure an angle from a curved baseline, youre maths skills must be so amazing u think 2 + 2 = 5.

    The rationale behind the flerf chant that “the earth measures flat” is that altitude angles (also known as elevation angles) of celestial objects used in celestial navigation require a flat baseline. They claim that this flat baseline is the surface of the earth.

    Inevitably, any evidence showing the earth’s curvature is dismissed and ignored because of this claim. However, anyone with a rudimentary understanding knows this is false:

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  • The Earth is Measured Flat

    Anyone having the unfortunate experience of visiting Nathan Oakley’s YouTube channel will have seen this, or even heard it if they can stomach his bile drenched shows. The phrase is used to stop any conversation about measurement of the Earth; conversations that would otherwise show Flerfs up for the idiots they are.

    Just what do they mean when they say “the Earth measures flat”?

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