Some Flat Earthers long ago decided that problems such as Sun path, Solar eclipses, the appearance of the Moon, the two celestial poles problem, etc., are non-problems. Geometry was abandoned in favor of a personal viewpoint.
What does that mean? Everyone has a personal view of the Earth and the sky. This personal viewpoint doesn’t have to geometrically match with those of other people. It’s a kind of God driven virtual reality.
Others think the atmosphere plays tricks on the appearance and positions of celestial bodies through extreme refraction. Or it’s The Dome that does the same.
Others think that celestial bodies are not solid but have a mysterious nature that doesn’t have to obey petty Earthly laws such as geometry. It’s all very vague.
Many others are still protected from the geometry problem through not understanding geometry.
There is also motivated thinking… which is situational. An instructive example:
“Crrow777” – I can’t remember his real name – is not a Flat Earther. But he has many eccentric ideas about the Moon – a hologram? -a solid alien construct that’s covered with a physical screen like a CRT to hide its true nature? And many other eccentric ideas. Which makes him sort of okay with Flat Earthers since he’s a fellow outside of the NASA box explorer. Wrong but a good guy.
Richard Hopkins – Mr. Thrive & Survive – once gently chided Crrow777 about the size of the Earth. Crrow777 thinks it’s a sphere ... Read even more
