Comments on: Round or Flat? https://askthepilot.com/round-or-flat/ THE ULTIMATE RESOURCE SITE FOR EVERYONE WHO FLIES Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:12:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: Mike Scanlan https://askthepilot.com/round-or-flat/#comment-422536 Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:00:51 +0000 https://askthepilot.com/?p=33992#comment-422536 Two years ago, a very rich investment/hedge fund guy brought a couple dozen Flat Earth believers to one of the only places where it can be proved to be wrong.

This is that story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Experiment_(expedition)

]]> By: wilson https://askthepilot.com/round-or-flat/#comment-422253 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:58:58 +0000 https://askthepilot.com/?p=33992#comment-422253 The normal pilots hide in the catering truck.

]]> By: Sidnal https://askthepilot.com/round-or-flat/#comment-422078 Sun, 09 Aug 2026 21:01:41 +0000 https://askthepilot.com/?p=33992#comment-422078 “It’s flat. I commute from Edgelandia. Got a deck right over the edge. The view is quite literally out-of-this-world.”

]]> By: Bill Wilson https://askthepilot.com/round-or-flat/#comment-422067 Sun, 09 Aug 2026 16:44:04 +0000 https://askthepilot.com/?p=33992#comment-422067 When I see stories like this I take some solace in paraphrasing H.L. Mencken: “Nobody ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American people.”

]]> By: BigDumbDinosaur https://askthepilot.com/round-or-flat/#comment-422023 Sun, 09 Aug 2026 02:18:29 +0000 https://askthepilot.com/?p=33992#comment-422023 Is the Earth round or flat?

I’d put the person who is asking that question into the same crackpot category as anyone who would assert that there are more than two genders…and one can pick and choose which one they’d like to be.  🙂

Now for a truly important question, at least if one is in Chicago.  Deep-dish or thin crust?

]]> By: Gottettaz https://askthepilot.com/round-or-flat/#comment-421945 Sat, 08 Aug 2026 05:20:39 +0000 https://askthepilot.com/?p=33992#comment-421945 “To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead” — Thomas Paine

]]> By: Matt D https://askthepilot.com/round-or-flat/#comment-421918 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:18:21 +0000 https://askthepilot.com/?p=33992#comment-421918 Next time someone asks you such an idiotic question, answer it with another question.

Want to stump them in their tracks?

Ask them why there’s snow on the top of mountains but not the base. How can that be? It’s closer to the sun. Right?

And see the looks on their face.

]]> By: Alex https://askthepilot.com/round-or-flat/#comment-421901 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 17:25:56 +0000 https://askthepilot.com/?p=33992#comment-421901 I’m a pilot and whenever I’m asked, I look over my shoulder as if I’m about to divulge a highly-classified secret, lean in closely, and whisper “it’s actually flat, but you didn’t hear it from me.” You should see the looks on their stupid faces.

]]> By: Jean Breheney https://askthepilot.com/round-or-flat/#comment-421894 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:38:36 +0000 https://askthepilot.com/?p=33992#comment-421894 ]]> I think you were too courteous, maybe … “Come on, dude. Seriously?” made me laugh. Are these guys (gotta be guys, I’d bet money on it) doing it on a dare? Thanks for your lovely writing, always. ❤️

]]> By: Mark R. https://askthepilot.com/round-or-flat/#comment-421864 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 05:58:36 +0000 https://askthepilot.com/?p=33992#comment-421864 Flat Earth believers are just being edgy.

The commentator #2 noting an analogy to germ theory deniers … well, the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the USA denies germ theory. It’s the basis of his 2021 book allegedly about Dr. Anthony Fauci. Really. Someone I know who was a fan of his, and a germ theory denier, ended up dying of Covid. Viruses don’t care about opinions.

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