Why Flat Earthers Are Dead Wrong for what reason||||| ||os terraplanistas||| Zakaj||Zemljani||| Warum Flacherdler völlig falsch liegen Γιατί οι επίπεδοι γήινοι κάνουν μεγάλο λάθος Por qué los partidarios de la Tierra plana se equivocan Pourquoi les spécialistes de la terre plate se trompent lourdement Perché i pianetisti si sbagliano di grosso なぜ平らな地球論者は大間違いなのか 평평한 지구론자들이 틀린 이유 Dlaczego zwolennicy płaskiej Ziemi są w błędzie Porque é que os terraplanistas estão completamente errados Почему плоские землекопы ошибаются Düz Dünyacılar Neden Yanılıyor? Чому плоскі планети глибоко помиляються 为什么说地平说者是完全错误的 為什麼地平論者大錯特錯

The following is a story from one of our unfortunate writers: |||||||||unfortunate| |seguinte||||||||infeliz|escritores Het volgende is een verhaal van een van onze ongelukkige schrijvers:

During the holidays I traveled back home to see my mom for what I thought was going to ||||viajei|de volta|||||mãe||||o que|||

be a fun break, but things turned a bit sour one evening when she broke some important |||||||||погорчили||||||| |||||||||unpleasant or negative|||||||significant |||||||||se tornó amarga||||||| ||divertida||||tornaram||um pouco|azeda|||||quebrou|| |||||||||糟糕|||||||

news to me. notícia||

“The Earth is flat,” she announced, speaking in a serious tone usually reserved for matters ||||||||||||保留的||事务 |Terra||||anunciou|falando|||sério|tom||reservado||assuntos ||||||||||||||вопросы

of life and death.

“What on earth are you talking about?” |||||falando| "О чем ты говоришь?"

I said to her.

And again, she told me the planet was actually flat and all these years we've been lied ||||||planeta||na verdade||||||temos||enganados

to.

The fact is indisputable, she said, immutable, incontestable, and she knew that because she'd |||неопровержимый|||неизменный|неоспоримый|||||| |||undeniably true|||unchangeable|beyond any doubt|||||| |||indiscutível||||incontestável||||||ela |||无可争议|||不变|无可争议|||||| |||unbestreitbar|||unveränderlich|unbestreitbar|||||| |||无可争议|||不变|无可争议|||||| ||||||inmutable|||||||

been doing a lot of reading on the internet. ||||||||internet

Ok, I told her, state your case. ||||изложи|| ||||陈述|| ||||exponha||caso ||||说出|| Хорошо, - сказал я ей, - излагайте свои доводы.

This is how our conversation went. |||||went |||||decorreu

“Ok,” she said.

“Firstly, you don't know that I am wrong because you have never observed the Earth primeiramente|||||||||||nunca|observado||

as a whole. ||como um todo

From where you stand anywhere on Earth the world will seem flat to you. |||está|qualquer lugar||||||parecerá|||

That's a fact.” isso||

I peered out of the window. |вглядывался|вне||| |looked intently|||| |看|||| |espreitei||||janela |向外看|||| Espiei pela janela.

She was right about that.

Things did look pretty flat out there. |||bastante||fora|fora

Was the entire world one big whopper? была||||||обман ||||||big lie ||todo||||mentira ||||||谎言 ||||||谎言 ||||||mentira gigante ||||||שקר Was de hele wereld één grote kanjer? Был ли весь мир одним большим обманом?

“So, that's it,” I said, “just because I can't observe the entire thing, it must |||||||||observar|||||deve

be flat?”

“No,” she replied, “that's just my starting point. ||||||ponto|ponto

And stop smirking. ||смеясь ||grinning arrogantly ||sorrindo ||微笑 ||Und hör auf zu grinsen. ||微笑 ||sonriendo con desdén

This is deadly serious.” ||mortal|

At that point an image flashed through my mind of my mother surrounded by men in white |||||вспыхнула||||||||||| |||||appeared briefly|||||||surrounded|||| ||||imagem|passou|pela||mente||||cercada||homens||

coats coaxing her to take her daily medications. |уговаривая|||||| |gently persuading|||||| convence|convencendo|||tomar||diárias|medicamentos |劝说|||||| |überreden|||||| |劝|||||| |persuadiéndola suavemente||||||

“Ok,” I said, “I haven't personally been up so high that I saw the spherical Earth. ||||не|лично|был|вверх|так высоко|так высоко|||||| ||||||||||||||round and curved| ||||não|pessoalmente|||||||vi||esférica| ||||||||||||||球形的|地球 ||||||||||||||球形的| ||||||||||||||esférica| “Ok,” eu disse, “eu pessoalmente não estive tão alto que vi a Terra esférica.

But other people have and they have seen the Earth. |||有|||||| Mas outras pessoas estiveram e elas viram a Terra.

You can actually see it rotating on its axis. |||||旋转|||轴上 |||||girando|||eixo ||||||||оси Você pode realmente vê-la girando em seu eixo.

We've measured the diameter of the thing and that's approximately 7,900 miles, or |||直径||||||大约|| |||width|||||||| |medimos||diâmetro||||||aproximadamente|milhas| |||直径||||||大约||

to most of the people living on this not-flat Earth, 12,700 kilometers. |||||||||||quilômetros

There are images of this big ball, all over the place.” ||imagens||||bola||por||

“All lies,” she said. |mentiras||

“Those books have been lying to you. esses|os livros|||mentindo|| "Эти книги обманывали вас.

The videos and photos have been manipulated.” |os vídeos||fotos|||manipulados

She said the Earth is flat like in ancient myths where a turtle carries it on its back, ||||||||古代|神话|||||||| ||||||||old, traditional||||turtle||||| ||||||||antigos|mitos|||tartaruga|sustenta||||

and what we observe in the sky is not what we think.

What encompasses Earth is actually a firmament dome, she said. |включает в себя|||||небесный свод|купол|| ||||||Himmelsgewölbe||| |包围|||||穹顶|穹顶|| |abrange|||||firmamento|cúpula|| |包围|||||穹顶|||

NASA has lied to us and is in on the conspiracy, but that doesn't mean all scientists know ||||||||||阴谋||||||| ||||||||||secret plot||||||| NASA||mentiu||nós||||||conspiração||||||os cientistas| ||||||||||阴谋|||||||

the truth, only that they too have bought into this spherical nonsense. ||||||||||球形的|胡说 |a verdade||||||compraram||||nonsense

She said during the Cold War the conspiracy got going and billions of dollars were spent |||||Guerra||||||bilhões||dólares||gastos

on space exploration. ||探索 |a|exploração

“This money is still being wildly spent, and you my son are paying taxes and funding |||||||||||||||финансируя |||||wildly|||||||||| |||ainda|gasto|descontroladamente|||||||pagando|impostos||financiando

this rubbish. |垃圾 |rubbish |lixo |垃圾

People have been getting incredibly rich because you take movies like Apollo 13 seriously.” |||||||||movies||| ||||incrivelmente|||||||Apollo|a sério Люди становятся невероятно богатыми, потому что воспринимают такие фильмы, как "Аполлон-13", всерьез".

“You're telling me Tom Hanks is in on the conspiracy?” ||||汉克斯||参与||| |||Tom|Hanks|||||conspiração

“No,” she replied, “and don't get funny. ||||||engraçada

You know what I mean.”

“Ok,” I said.

“I have one word to say to you.

‘SEASONS.'”. SEASONS

“Expand,” she said, trying to sound scholarly. Расширьте(1)||||||ученый Expanda|||tentando||soar|erudita

“We have different seasons all over the world, ergo, the sun's rays are hitting ||||||||因此||||| |||seasons|||||||||| ||||||||portanto||do sol|raios||incidindo ||||||||因此|||阳光|| “We hebben verschillende seizoenen over de hele wereld, ergo, de zonnestralen slaan toe

different places and they are making places hotter or colder. |||||tornando||mais quentes||mais frias

Those rays hit different parts of the Earth and so when it's winter in one place, it's |лучи||||||||||||||| ||atingem||partes||||||||||||

summer in another place. ||outra|

If the Earth were flat, all the Earth would have the same season all at the same time. ||||||||||||estação|||||

You don't need to be a rocket scientist to know this.” ||||||cientista||||

She told me that the sun just moves around the flat Earth, so it hits certain places |||||||se move|||||||bate|certos|

at certain times. ||vezes

She then went to get a plate out of the kitchen and began moving an orange around it. ||||||||||cozinha||começou|movendo||||

She said the sun and the moon were the same size, and she said the sun, that orange she ||||||lua||||tamanho||||||||

was holding, rotates around the north pole which is in the middle of the flat Earth. ||||||北极||||||||| |segurando|gira|||norte|pólo|||||meio||||

“But mom,” I said, “the sun is much bigger than the moon and that is observable. ||||||||maior|||||||observável

That orange/plate thing doesn't really mean anything.”

I also explained to her that if this theory were true then New York and Los Angeles would ||expliquei||||||teoria||verdadeira|||||Los|Los Angeles|

see the sun set and rise at the same time, which is not true. |||||nasce||||||||

There is a time difference, so when it's evening in New York it's afternoon in LA. ||||diferença|||||||||||Los Angeles

How can that be?

She told me I am an ignorant fool, but didn't answer my query. ||||||||||||вопрос ||||||||||||question or inquiry ||||||ignorante|idiota|||||pergunta ||||||||||||问题 ||||||||||||Frage ||||||无知||||||问题

This was quite strong language for my mom. ||bastante|||||

It seemed to me that all those hours she had spent arguing online had made her quite intolerant |||||||||||||||||不宽容 |||||||horas||||discutindo|||tornado||bastante|intolerante |||||||||||||||||不宽容

to opposing ideas. |opostas|ideias

Dare I say it, I was offended by her breach of familial decorum. осмелюсь|||||||||нарушение|||нравственность семьи ||||||||||||proper behavior Ousaria||||||ofendido|||violação||familiar|decoro |||||||||||家庭的|礼仪 ||||||||||||Anstand ||||||冒犯|||违反||家庭的|礼仪

“Ok,” I said, once I'd unruffled my feathers. |||||успокоив свои перья||перья |||||calmed myself down|| |||||理顺||羽毛 |||||acalmado||penas |||||理顺|| 'Oké,' zei ik, toen ik mijn veren eenmaal had ontward. "Хорошо", - сказал я, распушив перья.

“What's at the edge of this flat world and why don't things just fall off?” |||краю||||||||||| |||borda|||||||||||

She told me that surrounding the Earth is a giant wall of ice and that is Antarctica. ||||||||||||||||南极洲 ||||cercando|||||gigante|mural||gelo|||| ||||||||||||||||南极洲 Ze vertelde me dat er rondom de aarde een gigantische ijsmuur is en dat is Antarctica.

“Like Game of Thrones,” I said, laughing. |||权力的游戏||| |o Jogo||Tronos|||rindo

“Should we fear the White Walkers?” |||||行者 devemos||temer|||Caminhantes

“If you're not going to take this seriously I won't explain further,” she said sternly. |||||||||||дальше|||строго ||||||||||||||sternly ||||||||||||||严肃地 |||||||||não|explicarei|mais|||severamente ||||||||||||||严肃地

“Ok, go on.”

She said the sun was in fact not millions of miles away. ||the||||||||| ||||||||milhões|||

She said it's actually only about 32 miles (52 km) in diameter and it hovers around the ||||||||||||висит|| ||||||miles|||width across||||| |||||||km|||||paira|| ||||||||||||悬停||

flat Earth about 3,000 miles (5,000 km) away. ||||km|

“It acts like a moving spotlight,” she said, “so when it's above you it's light |||||聚光灯||||||||| |||||spotlight||||||||| |ageita||||foco||||||acima|||

and when it goes away it's dark.

But it also moves closer to the North Pole in the middle of the Earth at a gradual rate, |||||||||||||||||逐渐| ||||mais perto|||||||||||||gradual| |||||||||||||||||逐渐|速度 Но он также постепенно приближается к Северному полюсу в центре Земли,

and then it moves outwards towards the edge of the world, and that's why we have seasons. ||||наружу|к краю||краю||||||||| ||||para fora|em direção a||borda||||||||| ||||向外|||||||||||| а затем движется наружу к краю света, и именно поэтому у нас есть времена года.

It's that simple.”

“The thing is mom, if you use this model the sun would never set. ||||||||modelo|||||pôr-se

You can actually watch scientists making a model of your version of events. ||||ученых|||||||| |||ver|||||||versão||versão

It doesn't work according to how things are down here.” |||de acordo|||||| Это не работает в соответствии с тем, как здесь все устроено".

“Moreover,” I told her, “during the equinox the sun rises due east and sets due более того||||||равноденствие|||восходит|точно|на востоке||| ||||||春分|||||||| Além disso||||||equinócio|||nasce|exatamente|leste||se põe|a ||||||春分||||||||

west everywhere on the planet except at the poles. oeste|||||exceto|||pólos

How could this be possible with your orange and plate theory…sundials wouldn't even ||||||||||理论|日晷|| |||||||||||Sonnenuhren würden nicht|| |||||||||||日晷|| ||||possível|||||||relógios de sol|não|nem |||||||||||солнечные часы||

work, which would have been bad for people before we started using timepieces…Ok, please ||||||||||||часовые приборы|| ||||||||||||时计|| ||teria|||||||||usar|relógios|| ||||||||||||时计||

continue…you were also saying something about a massive ice wall?” ||||dizendo||||massiva||

“Allow me to retort,” she said. |||возразить|| |||respond sharply|| |||反驳|| |||replicar|| |||反驳||

She's a big Quentin Tarantino fan. |||昆汀|塔伦蒂诺| ela|||Quentin|Tarantino|fã |||昆汀|塔伦蒂诺| 她是奎恩汀·塔倫蒂諾（Quentin Tarantino）的忠實粉絲。

“What lies beyond the wall is the greatest mystery to us all. ||além|||||maior|mistério||| 「牆外的東西對我們來說是最大的謎團。」

We simply can't get over it and it probably protects us from something insidious. |||||||||||||подлым |||||||||||||heimtückisch |||||||||||||阴险的 |simplesmente|||superar||||provavelmente|protege||||insidiosa |||||||||||||阴险的 我們根本無法克服它，這可能保護我們免受某種陰險的東西。

This walls holds in the oceans and it keeps us from knowing what's beyond. ||удерживает|в себе|||||||||| |as paredes|sustenta|||os oceanos||||||saber||além |||||海洋||||||||在那之外 這面牆擋住了海洋，也讓我們無法知道牆外的世界。

In fact, this year we plan to sail to the wall in what will be one of the boldest missions |||||планируем||плыть|||||||||||самых смелых| ||||||||||||||||||最勇敢| |||||planeamos||navegar|||||||||||as mais audaciosas|missões ||||||||||||||||||最勇敢| In feite zijn we van plan dit jaar naar de muur te zeilen in wat een van de meest gewaagde missies zal zijn 事實上，今年我們計劃航行到這道牆，這將是人類所進行過的最大膽的任務之一。

humankind has ever undertaken.” человечество|||предпринимала a humanidade|||realizou |||进行 a humanidade já empreendeu”. 人類曾經承擔過的任務。

“Ok, so who is going on that great voyage?” ||||||||航行 ||||||||viagem 「好吧，那誰要去這個偉大的航行？」

I asked her. |perguntei| 我問她。

She told me it's headed by Flat Earth International, a group she is now a card-carrying member |||||||||||||||член|| ||||liderada||||Internacional||grupo||||||membro|membro 她告訴我這是由平面地球國際組織主辦的，她現在是這個組織的會員。

of.

“Mom,” I intoned, “I am very surprised that there is this giant wall of ice around ||说||||||||||||| ||intonierte||||||||||||| ||spoke solemnly||||||||||||| ||intonai||||surpresa||||||||| ||说道||||||||||||| 'Mam,' zei ik intonerend, 'ik ben erg verrast dat er een gigantische muur van ijs in de buurt is 「媽媽，」我朗誦道，「我非常驚訝世界周圍有這道巨大的冰牆，

the world and so far no none, and I mean no one, has ever photographed it.” ||||||никто||||||||| ||||||||||||||fotografou| ||||||||||||||拍过| 到目前為止，沒有人，真的沒有人，曾經拍攝過它。」

She replied that we have seen great walls of ice and that the rest of the border is ||||||||||||||||fronteira| 她回答說我們已經看見過巨大的冰牆，其餘的邊界是

made up of mountain ranges. |||горных|горные цепи |||montanhas|cordilheiras 由山脈組成。

That's why we can't just fall off the edge of the world. ||||||||borda||| É por isso que não podemos simplesmente cair da borda do mundo. 這就是為什麼我們不能就這樣掉下世界的邊緣。

“But why haven't planes seen this edge,” I asked her. |||os aviões|||||| 「但為什麼飛機沒有見到這個邊緣？」我問她。

She then went on about something called the Pac-Man effect, and like in the game, when |затем|||||||||эффект Пакмана|||||| ||||||||Pac-Man||efeito|||||| 然後她開始講述一種叫做吃豆人效應的東西，就像在遊戲裡，當

a plane reaches the edge it just teleports back to the other edge. |||||||传送||||| |o plano|chega|||||teleporta||||| 一架飛機到達邊緣時，它會直接傳送回另一邊。

She admitted that this was only a current theory, and, err, not the truth like everything ||||||||||эээ||||| |admitiu||||||atual|||um||||| 她承認這只是一個當前的理論，而，不，這並不是像所有事情一樣的真相

else she had said. 否則她會說的。

This was now new territory and those men in white coats were suddenly becoming quite real ||||领土||||||||||| ||||território||||||||de repente|tornando-se|| 這現在是新的領域，那些穿白大褂的男人突然變得非常真實。

to me. 對我來說。

And what about gravity I asked her, to which she said the whole thing is a hoax. ||||||||||||||||обман ||||||||||||||||hoax |||a gravidade|||||||||toda||||uma farsa ||||||||||||||||骗局 我問她，那重力呢？她說整件事都是一個騙局。

Things just fall. 東西就是掉下來。

She dropped that orange to prove her point, and amid my utter astonishment at her simplicity |||||||||在||完全|惊讶|||简单 |||||||||in the middle of|||||| |||||||||||完全的|惊讶|||简单 |deixou||||provar||||em||total|espanto|||simplicidade |||||||||||полном|удивление||| Она бросила этот апельсин, чтобы доказать свою точку зрения, и, несмотря на мое полное изумление ее простодушием. 她掉下那個橙子來證明她的觀點，而在我對她的簡單感到完全震驚的時候

in undermining years of science, I wondered why on Earth she ever sent me to school. |подрыве|||||||||||||| |undermining|||||||||||||| |minando|||||perguntava||||||mandou||| |在|||||||||||||| подрывая годы науки, я задавался вопросом, зачем она вообще отправила меня в школу. 在破壞了數年的科學之後，我不禁想知道她到底為什麼把我送到學校。

She said under this flat Earth there are magnets and they pull the oceans and change sea levels. ||||||||магниты||||||||| ||de||||||ímãs|||atram||||||níveis ||||||||磁铁||||||||| 她說在這個平坦的地球下有磁鐵，它們拉動海洋並改變海平面。

“Maybe we should talk about stars,” I said. talvez|||||as estrelas|| 「也許我們應該聊聊星星，」我說。

I told her that if we were on a flat Earth we'd all see the same constellations in ||||||||||||||||星座| |||||||||||veríamos|||||constelações| 我告訴她，如果我們在一個平坦的地球上，我們都會在夜空中看到相同的星座。

the night sky. 夜空。 您的訓練數據截至2023年10月。

In real life if you were at a certain latitude you might see the Big Dipper, but if you were |||||||||широта|||||||||| |||||||||geographical position||||||Dipper|||| |||||||||纬度||||||北斗七星|||| |||||||||latitude||poderia||||Carroça|||| |||||||||纬度||||||北斗七星|||| Als je in het echte leven op een bepaalde breedtegraad was, zou je de Grote Beer kunnen zien, maar als je dat was 在現實生活中，如果你在某個緯度，你可能會看到大熊座，但如果你... 你所訓練的數據截至2023年10月。

at another latitude that wouldn't be visible. ||||||visível 在另一個緯度是看不到的。

How's that possible? 這怎麼可能？

Going back to ancient times astronomers saw the changes in the constellations and they |||||天文学家||||||星座|| |||||os astrônomos|||as alterações||||| 回到古代，天文學家看到了星座的變化，他們

knew the Earth couldn't be flat. |||podia|| 知道地球不可能是平的。

How do people on different sides of the world see different night skies? |||||lados|||||||céus 世界不同側的人們如何能看到不同的夜空？

She told me when we travel we simply have a different perspective, so that when we travel |||||viajamos||||||perspectiva||||| 她告訴我，當我們旅行時，我們只是有了一種不同的視角，因此當我們旅行時

away from things they can become smaller and then just disappear, but they are still there. |||||tornam-se|menores||||desaparecem||||| 遠離事物它們可以變得更小然後消失，但它們仍然存在。

That's why we can see certain stars in certain places. |||||certas|||| 這就是為什麼我們能在某些地方看到某些星星。

She said there is a “vanishing point" for stars just like anything else we observe at |||||исчезающая|||||||||| |||||ponto|||||||||| 她說星星就像我們觀察的其他任何東西一樣，有一個“消失點”。

a distance. |uma distância

“Mom,“ I said, “I admit that I don't quite understand that in this context, but |||||||||||||上下文| ||||admito|||||||||contexto| “媽媽，”我說，“我承認在這個語境中我不太理解，但

I will just say that astronomers will tell you that certain constellations appear in ||||||||||||aparecem| 我只想說天文學家會告訴你某些星座在

the night sky at certain locations. |||||locais 特定位置的夜空中出現。”

Your vanishing point theory doesn't exactly convince me.” ||||||convencer| 你的消失點理論並不是完全讓我信服。

“And let's talk about the horizon when we see things like ships float out to sea. |||||horizonte||||||os navios|navegam||| “當我們看到船隻漂浮到海上時，讓我們來談談地平線。

They get farther away and appear to sink. ||дальше|||||погружаться ||mais|longe||parecem||afundar 它們越來越遠，似乎正逐漸沉沒。

We see less of the ship. ||menos|||navio

Let's say the water was very calm, if the Earth was flat we'd see that ship go out ||||||平静|||||||||||

for a long way and then it would disappear over the horizon.

Then let's say we used an instrument to magnify that object, and we might see it but ||||||工具||放大|||||||| ||||||||放大|||||||| ||||||||ampliar||objeto|||poderíamos||| ||||||||увеличить||||||||

see it seeming to sink. ||parecendo||afundar

At some point it will disappear never mind what instrument we are using because of the |||||||неважно|||||||| ||||||||||||usando|||

curvature of the Earth. кривизна(1)||| Earth's curve||| curvatura||| 曲率||| 曲率||| curvatura|||

If this place were flat with a good enough telescope we should be able to see everything |||是||||||||||||| ||||||||suficiente|telescópio||||||| |||||||||望远镜|||||||

in front of us, but we cannot. |à frente|||||

Explain that my dearest mother.” |||dearest| |||querida|

“Look son, it's all about perspective and light refraction. ||||||||рефракция света ||||||||折射 ||||||||refração ||||||||折射

The object is not going over the horizon, you just think it is.” ||||||||||piensas que||

“Weird,” I said, “since it's been scientifically proven.” ||||||科学地| estranho|||uma vez que|||cientificamente|provado "Странно, - сказал я, - ведь это было научно доказано".

She had one word for that: “Liars!” ||||||mentirosos

“Ok, so why if other objects in space are obviously not flat, how come we live on a |||||os objetos||||obviamente||||||||

flat object…

Hope you have a reasonable answer to this one.” ||||razoável||||

“There is no reason my child. |||razão||

Just look around you.

That TV is rectangular, but the clock is round. |||прямоугольный||||| |a televisão||retangular|||relógio||

The Earth is just different just as all things have certain shapes.” the||||||||||| |||||||||||formas

“Well, mom, I admire your deductive reasoning, and I hope one day I'll see my first square |||||推理||||||||||| |||||deduktiv||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||квадрат(1) |||||dedutiva|raciocínio|||||um dia|verei||||quadrado |||||推理||||||||||| 'Nou, mam, ik bewonder je deductieve redenering en ik hoop dat ik op een dag mijn eerste vierkant zal zien

bird swim through a dessert of marshmallow sand…'cos hey, there are no rules in this птица|плавает|сквозь||пустыне|||песок|||||||| ||||||棉花糖||||||||| pássaro||||sobremesa||de marshmallow|areia|cosseno|||||regras|| ||||沙漠||棉花糖|||||||||

universe.” universo

“Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit,” she replied angrily. 讽刺||||||智慧|||生气地 ||||||clever humor||| ||||||智慧||| sarcasmo|||mais baixa|forma||inteligência|||com raiva ||||||умение остроумно говорить|||

“But the highest form of intelligence,” I quipped, quoting Oscar Wilde. |||||||пошутил||| ||||||||引用||王尔德 |||||||dije en broma||| ||mais alta|||inteligência||brinquei|citando|Oscar|Wilde |||||||我打趣道|||王尔德

I then told her something else.

I brought up a flight from Sydney to Santiago, Chile. |принес|||||||| |trouxe|||voo||Sydney||Santiago|Chile

This 7000 mile flight takes roughly 12 hours. |миль|||примерно| |milha||dura|aproximadamente|

If the Earth were flat it would take much, much longer. ||||||||||дольше ||||||||||mais tempo

You can actually go online and track this flight. ||||||acompanhar||

Is everyone lying about the flight time?

On a flat Earth map you can measure the distance and calculate how long it would take, and ||||mapa|||medir||||calcular||||||

it's been done, and it's far longer than if the world was a sphere. |||||||||||||球体 |||||||||||||esfera

She just shook her head at that. ||покачала|||| ||balançou|||| ||摇||||

“Ok,” she then said, “So if the plane is flying around the Earth's curvature then |||||||||||||曲率| |||||||||voando|||curvatura|| "Хорошо, - сказала она, - если самолет летит по кривизне Земли, то

surely it wouldn't be horizontal all the time. наверняка||||||| certamente||||horizontal||| Конечно, он не будет постоянно горизонтальным.

So, how come if you take a spirit level on a plane it shows it is horizontal most of |||||||спирит||||||||||| |||||||nível|nível|||||indica||||| |||||||水平仪||||||||||| Почему же, если взять спиртовой уровень на плоскости, он показывает, что она горизонтальна большую часть времени?

the time. the|

If you attached the world's smallest spirit level to the back of a housefly and told it |||||||||||||мухе||| ||attached|||||||||||||| ||colocasse||do mundo|menor|||||parte traseira|||mosca||| |||||||||||||苍蝇||| |||||||||||||苍蝇||| |||||||||||||mosca doméstica|||

to fly around a beach ball that level would not read flat.” ||||пляжный||||||| |voar|||||||||lerá|

“Mom, that incredibly simplistic example has convinced me that we undoubtedly cannot |||简单化|||||||| ||||||||||безусловно| ||incrivelmente|simplista|||convencido||||sem dúvida| ||||||||||无疑|

share the same DNA. compartilham|||DNA

Let me just say that the Earth is not a beachball and a plane is not a fly. ||||||||||沙滩球||||||| ||||||||||pelota de playa||||||| deixa||||||Terra||||bola de praia|||||||

I hope that's clear to you.”

She looked down at me, like I was the idiot. |olhou||||||||idiota

I told her that planes lift into the air with their wings and this enables them to fly, |||||поднимаются|в воздух||||||||позволяет им||| |||||elevam|||ar|||asas|||permite||| ||||||||||它们的|||||||

which I thought was pretty obvious. |||||óbvio

Once up in the sky the pilot doesn't have to make many adjustments to stay at a certain ||||||piloto||||||ajustes|||||

altitude. 高度 Height above ground altitude

He might adjust the plane when he wants to reduce altitude but this is very incremental. |||||||||||||||постепенно |||||||||||||||gradual |pode|ajustar|||||||reduzir||||||incremental |||||||||||||||渐进的 |||||||||||||||逐步的 ||||||||||altitud|||||

It's the same thing when you are travelling down what looks like a long straight-ish road. ||||||||||||||прямой|| |||||||viajando|||parece|||||meio| |||||||||||||||像|

You might be moving to the left but it's so slight only a very minor turning of the ||||||||||незначительное||||||| ||||||||||ligeira||||menor|||

wheel over some period of time has to be done. roda|||período||||||

“Imagine a housefly flying over New York, does it keep having to go on a downward trajectory Представь(1)||домашняя муха|||||||||||||нисходящей| ||||||||||||||||downward path Imagina|||||||||mantém|deve|||||descendente|trajetória ||||||||||||||||轨迹 "Представьте себе домашнюю муху, летящую над Нью-Йорком: приходится ли ей постоянно двигаться по нисходящей траектории.

to get where it wants to go?”

“Exactly!” she screamed. ||gritou

“That just proves my point.” ||证明|| ||comprova||

I had to sit down for a second and hold my head in my hands. ||||坐|||||||||| |||sentar||||||sustentar|||||mãos

It wasn't funny anymore. |não era||mais

I was no longer having a good time. |||mais||||

She was totally impervious to the most basic reasoning. |||неподдающаяся||||| |||Unaffected by reasoning.||||| ||totalmente|impenetrável|||||raciocínio |||无动于衷||||| |||unempfänglich||||| |||无动于衷|||||

“Ok, let's get back to the absurd stuff mom because that's at least amusing, and ||||||荒谬|||||||有趣| ||||||absurda|coisa||||||divertido|

I am talking about the great ice wall that no man has ever breached. |||||||||||||преодолел |||||||||||||突破 |||||||||||||ultrapassou |||||||||||||突破

You have to wonder why a plane can't get over this wall, because there are plenty of |||perguntar||||||||||||muitas|

aerial photographs of Antarctica taken from planes (Image: Antarctica Sightseeing Flights aéreas|fotografias||||||||turismo|Voos

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/antarctica-day-tour/index.html) “Well,” she said, maybe they just don't https|edição|cnn|com||um|||excursão|índice|html|||||||

want us to know what's out there so no plane is allowed to go that far. |||||||||||permitido||||

If it did, it would Pac-Man back like I already told you. ||||||||||já||

But we will get to the edge of the world, and that's why we are going to sail there |||||||||世界|而||||||||

on the great Flat Earth expedition.” |||||探险

“Ok, and you do know that the ship they will be sailing on will use navigational instruments |||||||||||navegando||||navegação|

that were designed on the scienfitic basis of the curvature of the Earth? |||||科学的||||||| ||projetadas|||científica|base||||||

Like, if the Earth were flat you could just use three satellites and be on your way. |||地球||||||||||||| |||||||||||satélites||||| |||||||||||卫星|||||

But because it's spherical you need satellites on the other side of the Earth. ||||||||||lado|||

You do understand that, don't you?”

She scowled at me, but then that turned to a smug smile. |сделала недовольное лицо|||||||||самодовольная| |皱眉|||||||||得意的| |franziu|||||||||satisfeita| |皱眉|||||||||得意的|

“You'll see, we'll get there, and all you deniers will be in awe at what we have ||||||||отрицающие|||в восторге|в восторге|||| ||||||||skeptics|||||||| ||||||||negacionistas||||admiração|||| ||||||||否认者|||||||| ||||||||Leugner|||||||| ||||||||否认者||||惊叹||||

achieved.” alcançado

“Wait a minute,” I said, and I went into the kitchen. ||minuto||||||||

I came back and passed her a plastic cake knife that we never use. ||||dei|||plástico|faca|faca||||

“You might need this,” I said, “It's dragonglass.” |||||||стекло дракона |||||||龙晶 |||||||vidro de dragão |||||||龙晶 "Misschien heb je dit nodig," zei ik, "het is dragonglass."

“That's just a made up story,” she said. |||выдуманная|придуманная||| "Это просто выдуманная история", - сказала она.

“I know,” I told her.

“Let that sink in.” |||осознай это ||assente| "Пусть это впитается".

We think after that you need some more conspiracies to get your teeth stuck into, so watch the |думаем|||||||||||||||| ||||||||hidden plots||||||||| ||||||||conspirações||||dentes|presas|em||| ||||||||阴谋|||||||||

video “Is There Evidence That Aliens Did Come To Roswell?” or “What You Didn't |||||||||罗斯威尔|||| vídeo|||evidência||os extraterrestres||||Roswell||||

Know About the Bermuda Triangle.” |||百慕大|三角洲 |||Bermuda| |||百慕大|三角洲 了解百慕大三角。

And make a sure you leave a comment about your experience with Flat Earthers! |||||deixe||comentário|||experiência||| 确保您留下一条关于您与平地论者的经历的评论！

Thanks for watching, see you next time! 感谢观看，下次见！