Jrjw: I'm so surprised this conversation is still going on.
Me too.
I actually stayed away from this thread for the last 16 pages or so because it just got so ridiculously stupid it wasn't even funny.
Also, I noticed that the Flat-Earthers never addressed my questions or comments or any serious ones posted by others. That just proved to me they really aren't interested in examining their own beliefs and the science that refutes it. They just want to be difficult and make assertions without providing any evidence.
"Do the research," they say, ignoring the obvious fact that most of us have and that's why we think the notion of a flat earth is absurdly ridiculous. Here are a few of my posts which were all, AFAIK, routinely ignored by the FE crowd:
- How patient should we be with newbies?
- The irony of using technology to "refute" science
- Cartography: what maps do and do not accurately represent
- What anyone can learn from a month of lunar observation
- A challenge to Flat-Earthers: Explain these phenomena with your worldview
At any rate, when I saw the NASA post in my Twitter feed about how to spot the International Space Station I thought it relevant.
Enjoy!