Watched a flat earther debate a pilot and it changed my mind about the whole thing

I always thought both sides had some points until I saw a commercial airline captain explain how gyroscopes and flight paths actually work over the Atlantic. He pulled up a 12 hour flight log with real coordinates and it made all the YouTube videos I watched look silly. Has anyone else had a debate change their view on something like this?

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anthony9891mo ago

Yeah the "gyroscopes and flight paths" thing really gets me too. I had a buddy who was deep into flat earth for like a year and he finally shut up after he actually tracked a flight from Sydney to Santiago on FlightRadar24 with a pilot friend. The real kicker was when they showed how the autopilot uses actual GPS coordinates that don't work on a flat map. My advice is to always ask for a real flight log or a live tracking session if someone says flat earth makes sense. Once you see the math fail in real time it's hard to go back.

the_tara1mo ago

Hearing about your buddy finally getting it after live tracking really makes me happy, that’s a solid win.