Mysterious Knights of Ren

The Knights of Ren have been mysterious so far in the Sequel Trilogy, only having a shadowy introduction in The Force Awakens. In The Last Jedi, their absence produced the speculation that they could be Luke Skywalker’s fallen pupils.

But a new comic fleshes-out their true origins, that they existed before Ben Solo’s fall to the dark side! See its description:

With the new Jedi school in ruins and fellow students hot on his trail for the murder of their master, Ben Solo flees to the only friend he has left in the galaxy…a man named Snoke. But Snoke has plans for Ben…and ideas about the Force that are as dangerous as they are intriguing for the troubled young Jedi.

If Ben wishes to be truly free…the answers might lie with the dark side. And with the Knights of Ren!

But it won’t be the first time he’s tangled with the Knights. In the past, Jedi Master Luke Skywalker journeys to the Unknown Regions and brings young Ben along for the mission. Can even Luke Skywalker stand against the fabled Knights of Ren?!

https://www.cbr.com/marvel-kylo-ren-luke-skywalker-ben-solo-knights-of-ren/

As seen in the cover art, one Knight of Ren has a red lightsaber, and is also absent in the Sequel Trilogy. Perhaps this comic will reveal that he was the original leader who Ben Solo replaced as Kylo Ren.

Regarding Recent Flat Earth Heckling

During the news reports of the Apollo moon landing 50^th anniversary last July, all of my science pages on Facebook were being trolled by flat earth hecklers. These Internet trolls aggressively used the most asinine forms of heckling, relying heavily on memes exposing their extreme ignorance and arrogance.

Posted here are my responses to their psychologically-deranged memes. Brace yourselves! Feel free to share when you’re being heckled by anti-science flat earth Internet trolls. See also the Debunking Flat Earth Misconceptions website https://flatearth.ws/ for amazing pro-truth/anti-flat earth infographics and explanations.

The first three are “What flat earthers say vs. Reality,” where yours truly modified the flat earth heckling meme on the left to be truthful on the right:

This is a graphic showing how earthquakes generate measurable S and P waves, debunking the flat earth craze.

This last one was one I downloaded from someone else.

But the most penetrating destruction of the flat earth craze is ANTIPODAL VOLCANISM, which is of course only possible on a globe. This is showcased in the Chicxulub impact and Deccan traps. Antipodal geology is discussed in the first three links below, the first two being scientific reports.

Additional reading:

• Research finds quakes can systematically trigger other ones on opposite side of Earth
  today.oregonstate.edu/news/research-finds-quakes-can-systematically-trigger-other-ones-opposite-side-earth
  “A tremblor is most likely to induce another quake within 30 degrees of the original quake’s antipode – the point directly opposite it on the other side of the globe.”
  
• Triggering of the largest Deccan eruptions by the Chicxulub impact
  pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/gsabulletin/article-abstract/127/11-12/1507/126064/triggering-of-the-largest-deccan-eruptions-by-the?redirectedFrom=fulltext
  “It is therefore reasonable to hypothesize that the Chicxulub impact might have triggered the enormous Poladpur, Ambenali, and Mahabaleshwar (Wai Subgroup) lava flows, which together may account for >70% of the Deccan Traps main-stage eruptions. This hypothesis is consistent with independent stratigraphic, geochronologic, geochemical, and tectonic constraints, which combine to indicate that at approximately Chicxulub/Cretaceous-Paleogene time, a huge pulse of mantle plume–derived magma passed through the crust with little interaction and erupted to form the most extensive and voluminous lava flows known on Earth.”
• Quickly Refuting the Flat-Earth Folly
  jimspace3000.blogspot.com/2018/05/quickly-refuting-flat-earth-folly.html
  
• Flat earth folly refutes itself
  jimspace3000.blogspot.com/2019/05/flat-earth-folly-refutes-itself.html

Videos debunking ice-wall Antarctica:

Flat earth illustration highlighting their "Antarctica is not a continent but instead is a circumpolar ice wall" theory.

These videos show that marsupials traveled from South America to Australia through Antarctica when they were closer together and when Antarctica was warmer. This demonstrates plate tectonics (impossible on a flat earth) and that Antarctica is a continent—not an ice wall—that was once green!

This, plate tectonics and the moving, once-green Antarctica, along with antipodal volcanism/geology, soundly refute the flat earth rubbish.

• Eons: When Antarctica Was Green
  youtu.be/cC4WiBCoVeo
• Eons: How South America Made the Marsupials
  youtu.be/l5doyrUWFbE
• SciShow: How Did You Get Here?! #3 Range Splitting
  youtu.be/WC2WAzeglEk?t=237