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That day in the break room when I actually listened to a flat earther

I used to laugh at flat earth stuff, but last Tuesday in the break room at the warehouse on Elm Street, a guy named Dave showed me his GPS data from a cross-country trip. He had numbers from his phone and a separate device that didn't match up by about 200 miles. I still think he's wrong, but his explanation was way more detailed than I expected. Has anyone else heard a convincing argument that made you pause?
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parker183
parker1838d ago
GPS data mismatch sounds like a solid detail but it's almost definitely from the phone switching towers or caching old data. Those devices use different math to figure location. The human brain loves finding patterns that aren't there. Flat earth stuff falls apart when you look at how ships disappear over the horizon or how time zones actually work.
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wendyprice
That part about ships disappearing over the horizon always gets me. My uncle used to be a commercial fisherman out of Gloucester and he told me once how they'd watch the top of a lighthouse disappear first when heading out, then the whole thing goes. He said it's the same every time, no matter the weather or phone signal. But then he'd also say sometimes GPS just freaks out for no reason near those same spots, like the data gets confused by the water or something. I don't know, makes you wonder about how much we really trust those little devices.
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claire_gibson
Wait @wendyprice your uncle actually saw that with his own eyes?
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