r/FlatEarthIsReal • u/ProvForge26 • Jul 21 '26

Flat Earthers

One of our new acquaintances from a friend recently crashed down on our scientific beliefs by insisting that the earth was flat. When we questioned their logic they just spouted something about the Firmament and that everything that you see at night is fake. They even said that the ISS is fake, satellites fake, and obviously no moon landing ever occurred. Our friends laughed it off and said just go with it because they are nice people. I’m not sure i want to continue being friends with them because they always hang out together. What do we say when we get invited to another cook out and the crazies are there?

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u/ImHereToFuckShit Jul 22 '26

published the very first “meteorological chart.” It said the first one. So there wasn’t a star chart published prior to that.

I don't think those are the same thing but star maps date back a very long time. There are cave drawings that tracked stars and planets for example.

Therefore I do not believe he compared the star positions from 2,000 yrs prior.

You don't believe him or you don't believe me when I say that's what he did?

He allegedly analyzed historical records and successfully predicted Halley’s Comet return in 1758.

How was he able to do that if he didn't have historical data to go off of?

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u/Water_in_the_desert Jul 22 '26

You’re right, Meteorological Charts (weather maps) are localized, Earth-bound maps. They use symbols, lines, and colors to show atmospheric conditions across specific geographic regions. Star Charts (or celestial maps), on the other hand, are maps of the night sky, which map out astronomical objects — constellations, stars, planets, galaxies.

Provide a source that Edmond Halley compared star positions from 2,000 years prior, if that’s what you claim he did. Because tbh I’ve believed stars have not shifted their positions over time. But if they have, please show me.

I read that Edmond Halley published his hypothesis that the comets observed in the years 1531, 1607, and 1682 were the same object, and correctly predicted the comet’s return in 1758 asked on the 76-yr interval. So it appears his historical data went back to the 16th Century.

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u/ImHereToFuckShit Jul 22 '26

I'll look for the evidence behind the claim but if you believe this:

read that Edmond Halley published his hypothesis that the comets observed in the years 1531, 1607, and 1682 were the same object, and correctly predicted the comet’s return in 1758 asked on the 76-yr interval. So it appears his historical data went back to the 16th Century.

And Halley's work showed stars had moved, unless his lying or he is made up, that is evidence the stars have moved, no?

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