What do you guys think about famous expeditions around the world, such as magellans voyage.

Do you think they went in a ring?

Well, that's how navigation works on a sphere. It's difficult to travel in a straight line...if you're on the ground, that is.

Planes do it all the time, though.

And yes, flat earthers believe that compasses, as the point towards the center of a flat earth will navigate you in a circle around it.

If you stood on the pole, according to a spherical earth, you could circumnavigate the earth in a few seconds.

Your point being?

But it's confusing because if gravity was in the center of spherical planets, why would we not be pulled by massive planets.

Ones that are thousands of times bigger than the sun.

Alright, I see what you're saying

Okay, so first, planets can't get bigger than stars - if they did, they would collapse into one.

Second, planets actually can be influenced by gravity from other stars. Ever heard of rouge stars? These stars often pass through solar systems and swing planets out of orbit from their parent stars.

The thing is, earth is extremely close to the sun, astronomically speaking. The influence that the sun has on us is far too great for earth to be affected by the gravity from distant interstellar objects. However, if one of those objects did pass near the solar system, they would have a very real chance of stealing the earth out of orbit, or swinging it out into interstellar space.

This would be extremely, extremely unlikely though.

True

What are your views on sentient life, or any life for that matter, outside of Earth's bounds?

There are aliens

We became aliens when we landed on mars

I think it's possible for basic life forms to exist elsewhere in the universe. As for intelligent life like us? I'm not too sure about that. I think a question like that has a lot to do with one's theology.

It's a complicated topic. It is possible, but even if we did find life, I doubt the government would tell us.

Unless they had a reason to.

It'd cause public hysteria.

The government doesn't control scientists' observations. Even if they could pay them to stay quiet about it, it would be extremely difficult to cover up such a discovery. Even places with really well kept secrets like Area 51 have had many issues with keeping them in the past.

It also depends on what kind of life you find.

@🎃Oakheart🎃 everyone has cameras now, govt wouldn't be able to hide it

If scientists discovered giant aliens with laser eyes that are flying towards earth in death stars, I'd understand a temporary cover up on the discovery...

XD

Also note, I'm not some crazy conspiracy theorist or something, I just want to see what people think.

even tho i think this should be at <#538929818834698260>,this is interesting

That's cool. Just don't let them mislead you...it's very easy to lie about observations.

***it's really easy just follow the beat***

Yes don't let government or "scientists" mislead you. Good advise.

Flat earthers tell you to 'do your own research'. I say, do your own research, but actually do legitimate research. Don't watch a video and say 'well that makes sense' and begin to use those views as the standard to which you disprove other observations. A good example of flat earthers doing this is when Globebusters found that their gyroscope detected a 15 degree per hour drift - which proved a spinning earth. They immediately denied their proof and assumed it was caused by something else. This by definition is not science. They were biased in their experiment from this point onwards.

@Yabai who are you to say what we do

Who do you think you are?

!mute @Yabai

!ban @Yabai

FYI

Science is not fact