Angle of Elevation
| Real name | unknown |
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| Location on the globe | Kazakhstan |
| Main platform | YouTube |
| Papa flerf | Nathan Oakley |
| Flerfzi? | not yet confirmed |
| Religiflerf? | unknown |
| Drinks urine? | not yet confirmed |
| Adopted by | not adopted yet |
| Teeth | slightly less than full set |
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Introduction
According to his profile, Angle of Elevation (AoE) joined YouTube on 12th August 2013. He has a few dozen videos. He can be a prolific contributor on Nathan Oakley's comment section and live chats. However, he has spells where he goes AWOL, only to pop up again as if nothing happened. His disappearances could reasonably be explained by him complying with his medication regime, or by forced residence in a mental institution.
One thing that makes him stand out is his insistence that his strange version of physics and geometry is absolutely correct, while the textbooks and scientific literature are all wrong. He will demand proof/evidence while supplying none of his own and accuse people of "making stuff up" while clearly and demonstrably doing this himself.
When cornered, he has the typical Flerf reactions; he'll deflect, change the subject, come up with an insult, or just go quiet. When forced, he may stay on topic for a while and then disappear.
Spelling and grammar too are typical of a Flerf; dreadful.
Note, only he has the correct understanding of any physical phenomeon. He will proudly proclaim this and ignore any authoritative citation you can give.
Known accounts
| Platform | Account | Status |
|---|---|---|
| YouTube | Angle of Elevation | Active |
Examples of Bizarre Ideas
How Lenses Work
AoE is very expert at optics. Telescope lenses 'bend light down', apparently making distant object lower than they are. Theodolites therefore are unreliable instruments.
Angle of Elevation comments on Nathan Oakley's FED 2589
Sunsets
Reading AoE's explanation for the sun setting below the horizon is particularly painful. Here's a transcipt from his video 'Optical Occultation of the Sun' ([1]).
"Listen up people, as a flat earther myself I've heard many people ask 'how can the Sun set on a flat Earth?' Frankly, the common answer the recieved from flat earthers is rather too simple to allow for complete understanding so please allow me to expand your knowledge so that you can explain it to others. Once you get it you're going to see the beauty of it's simplicity."
Take a moment to savour the sheer arrogance and 'confident wrongness' here.
"Many flat earthers claim the horizon is the limit of perspective and that things converge at the horizon. They are only partially correct. Most things we see are 3D (they have three dimensions), those being height, width and depth. While they are all of equal importance, they do not operate the same. Hold a cube to your eye and identify all three of those dimensions. Notice the height and width are straight and perpendicular to each other, but not depth. It is at an angle, this is called optically rising. You know the the bottom of that cube is flat in reality but you don't perceive it that way. Your brain interprets the incident angle of the reflected light recieved by your eye and perceives it as opticall rising depth. This effect has a limit according to distance. The science that is known as the Rayleigh criteria which is the diffratction limit but really what is the limit of your depth perspective. We call it the horizon which is always at your eye height unless diffracted down by glasses..."
You get the idea.