What I don't understand is that this "theory" seems really easy to disprove. Why do things travel down instead of up or right or left?
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a wee bit. They say that what is called gravity is really just the fact that the objects mass is denser than the medium (air) that it finds itself in, sort of like how some things sink in water whilst others float.
A helium balloon for instance does travel upward through air or can stay stationary in mid air.
I might be misremembering but they also note that gravity is supposed to be this super force that holds everything down to earth yet is not so powerful that even a midge can overcome it with ease. Also, the point is made that gravity is allegedly so powerful that the moons gravity can pull the mighty oceans and cause all manner of turbulence and waves in the vast oceans yet leave lakes, lochs and rivers and people (who are 80% water) completely unperturbed.
In short, the case against gravity is the apparent inconsistency of it and of the things which break it's rules. They offer what they see as a more plausible explanation.
Here is the Flat Earth film Level. It's an hour long and both insightful and thought-provoking if nothing else, even if you don't agree with their conclusions.
I think they detail the gravity question in there though I can't quite recall.
These people who make these videos are so full of stupid, it's painful. They make graphics to supposedly support their ideas, yet they are so woefully wrong.
This image is right from the video, where they show a massive sun and he says "the rays would all be equal" yet, in reality, the sun is so far away the perceived size is much. much smaller, as we can see from any sunset.
https://imgur.com/LXWOY9c
The rays would all be equal. Here is a photo of what they're talking about. These rays are obviously hitting earth at a triangle shape which, to be fair, ought not to happen if the sun is massively bigger than the earth, regardless of how far away it is. In fact, the further away something is, the broader its light should be. Try it with a torch up close to your desk or wall or something and move it further and further back - see what happens to the light.
They point out how those rays act and it's completely understandable where they're coming from.
If you held a pea up to your lightbulb about the equivalent distance as the earth is alleged to be from the sun you would not see the light behaving in that manner. The way the suns rays penetrate through the clouds simply DOES suggest a much closer and more concentrated light source.
Now, I'm not saying that the earth is flat or that there isn't some legitimate fancy scientific rationale behind the behaviour of these rays which is beyond the ken of the layperson. I'm only saying that, once it's pointed out to you, the official scientific position clearly just doesn't pass the eyeball test.
Well sort of. It depends where you are on the ball The image is silly and cannot be used to demonstrate anything. The sun is showing through an opening in the clouds. It has nothing to do with the sun's size in relation to the earth. The sun 'broadcasts' and spreads out in that image, just like you expect it to. Remove the clouds and the light is all over uniform for the angle you are looking at. If you're on the north pole, the sun rays are at a low angle. If you're at the equator, it's above you. Simple.