Starship Asterisk*

Ann wrote: ↑Sun Mar 25, 2018 6:49 pm
Could he see that the Earth is round?

• A Frisbee is round.

• "Do I believe the Earth is shaped like a Frisbee? I believe it is," he said.
  "Do I know for sure? No. That's why I want to go up in space."

neufer wrote: ↑Sun Mar 25, 2018 7:50 pm

---

Ann wrote: ↑Sun Mar 25, 2018 6:49 pm
Could he see that the Earth is round?

• A Frisbee is round.

• "Do I believe the Earth is shaped like a Frisbee? I believe it is," he said.
  "Do I know for sure? No. That's why I want to go up in space."

Ann wrote: ↑Sun Mar 25, 2018 7:57 pm

neufer wrote: ↑Sun Mar 25, 2018 7:50 pm

---

Ann wrote: ↑Sun Mar 25, 2018 6:49 pm
Could he see that the Earth is round?

• A Frisbee is round.

• "Do I believe the Earth is shaped like a Frisbee? I believe it is," he said.
  "Do I know for sure? No. That's why I want to go up in space."

Okay. Could he see that it is shaped like a ball?

neufer wrote: ↑Sun Mar 25, 2018 9:36 pm

Ann wrote: ↑Sun Mar 25, 2018 7:57 pm

neufer wrote: ↑Sun Mar 25, 2018 7:50 pm

---

• A Frisbee is round.

• "Do I believe the Earth is shaped like a Frisbee? I believe it is," he said.
  "Do I know for sure? No. That's why I want to go up in space."

Okay. Could he see that it is shaped like a ball?

We don't know for sure? No.

Ann wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 5:17 am

neufer wrote: ↑Sun Mar 25, 2018 9:36 pm

Ann wrote: ↑Sun Mar 25, 2018 7:57 pm
Could he see that it is shaped like a ball?

We don't know for sure? No.

What a pity. That's why he launched himself skywards in a rocket, wasn't it?

• I doubt it.

rstevenson wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:11 pm There are buildings where he could have gone up in an elevator and had a better chance of seeing the curving horizon. A passenger jet would get the fool much higher. But, to quote Forrest Gump, stupid is as stupid does.

geckzilla wrote: ↑Mon Mar 26, 2018 11:50 pm
You'd think it'd be pretty easy to go check out the Antarctic pole and see that it doesn't actually do that
... easier than launching in a home-made rocket, anyway.

• Well...that really isn't the point now is it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truthiness wrote:
<<Truthiness is the belief or assertion that a particular statement is true based on the intuition or perceptions of some individual or individuals, without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination, or facts. Truthiness can range from ignorant assertions of falsehoods to deliberate duplicity or propaganda intended to sway opinions.

American television comedian Stephen Colbert coined the term truthiness in this meaning as the subject of a segment called "The Wørd" during the pilot episode of his political satire program The Colbert Report on October 17, 2005. By using this as part of his routine, Colbert satirized the misuse of appeal to emotion and "gut feeling" as a rhetorical device in contemporaneous socio-political discourse. Colbert ascribed truthiness to institutions and organizations, including Wikipedia. Colbert has sometimes used a Dog Latin version of the term, "Veritasiness". Responding to claims by Michael Adams that the word already existed with a different meaning, Colbert said, "Truthiness is a word I pulled right out of my keister".

Truthiness is tearing apart our country, and I don't mean the argument over who came up with the word ...

It used to be, everyone was entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. But that's not the case anymore. Facts matter not at all. Perception is everything. It's certainty. People love the President [George W. Bush] because he's certain of his choices as a leader, even if the facts that back him up don't seem to exist. It's the fact that he's certain that is very appealing to a certain section of the country. I really feel a dichotomy in the American populace. What is important? What you want to be true, or what is true?...

Truthiness is 'What I say is right, and [nothing] anyone else says could possibly be true.' It's not only that I feel it to be true, but that I feel it to be true. There's not only an emotional quality, but there's a selfish quality.>>

MarkBour wrote: ↑Sat Apr 07, 2018 7:07 pmI wondered, though, if he did better, and got to 50,000 ft, or 100,00 ft, or even 300,000 ft, what would he see? Assuming the Earth is a sphere (which I do!) he would eventually get high enough to see what looks a lot like a frisbee, as he reportedly suspects.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Hughes_(daredevil)#2020_launch_and_death wrote:
<<Mike Hughes (February 9, 1956 – February 22, 2020), popularly known as "Mad" Mike Hughes, was an American limousine driver, and daredevil known for flying in self-built steam rockets.

On February 22, 2020, Hughes, at the age of 64, died near Barstow, California, following the crash-landing of a rocket he was piloting, built by Hughes and his collaborator Waldo Stakes. During launch, the rocket’s parachute, which was designed for landing, appeared to deploy early and detach from the craft. The launch event was being filmed for the Science Channel television series Homemade Astronauts, in which Hughes was to star.

Following Hughes' death, Darren Shuster, his public relations representative, stated: "We used flat Earth as a PR stunt... Flat Earth allowed us to get so much publicity that we kept going! I know he didn’t believe in flat Earth and it was a schtick.">>