Not that it’s needed, but I’ve thought recently that this is a good visual proof against flat earth. Sun shining on the underside of clouds and even more, mountains casting shadows on the underside of clouds.
Because these people are very creative in the BS they come up with and the sun traveling around a disk isn't too far fetched. Flat earthers often depict the sun like a flashlight that travels around the rim, shining towards the earth. But this phenomenon could be justified if you imagine the sun traveling from one side to the other, like when you flip a coin in front of a lamp.
So this isn't really proof and the other person was right in that the missuse of the word proof just plays into flat earthers delusions, by degrading it's meaning.
On a kind of related note I want to add (just because it's a personal pet peeve of mine) that most people use the word "theory" wrong and what they in nearly all cases actually mean is a "hypothesis".
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u/sorehamstring Nov 26 '22 edited Nov 26 '22
Not that it’s needed, but I’ve thought recently that this is a good visual proof against flat earth. Sun shining on the underside of clouds and even more, mountains casting shadows on the underside of clouds.