No need, Professor Des Walsh has already done this. He's got this covered and has brought back undeniable proof of flat earth, but is not allowed to share the information.
https://www.todayfm.com/podcasts/today-fm/irish-scientist-set-to-prove-that-the-earth-is-flat
He also presented it in the form of a comic dialogue which ridiculed the Pope of the time as a simpleton, annoying him and his supporters the Jesuits. Galileo had a lot of enemies among other scientists and they helped put the boot in too.
My favourite Galileo quote is when he said that a Barbary steed can outrun a hundred wagon-pulling horses (meaning that he was smarter than every other scientist and intellectual in Italy combined).
There are a hardcore of flat earthers who are becoming so confident in their theory that they're talking about doing experiments that will empirically prove them correct. I think it was prominent flat-earther Mark Sargent who was talking about getting a team together to go find the giant ice wall at the edge of the flat earth which is held by current scientific consensus to really be the polar regions of the round earth.
At the end of the documentary, Behind the Curve, in which Sargent features, they actually do an experiment to try and prove their theory which consists of shooting a beam of light through a hole in two separate staffs, each standing a few miles apart. If their theory holds, the beam of light should be directly observable through the hole of the staff on the far end, proving the earth is flat and not curved. I don't think it's a huge spoiler to say the experiment proves problematic in getting the finding they wish to achieve, leading to great perplexity among the team.
The other experiment involved using a laser gyroscope to disprove the rotation of the earth,
One of the more jaw-dropping segments of the documentary comes when Bob Knodel, one of the hosts on a popular Flat Earth YouTube channel, walks viewers through an experiment involving a laser gyroscope. As the Earth rotates, the gyroscope appears to lean off-axis, staying in its original position as the Earth's curvature changes in relation. "What we found is, is when we turned on that gyroscope we found that we were picking up a drift. A 15 degree per hour drift," Knodel says, acknowledging that the gyroscope's behavior confirmed to exactly what you'd expect from a gyroscope on a rotating globe.
"Now, obviously we were taken aback by that. 'Wow, that's kind of a problem,'" Knodel says. "We obviously were not willing to accept that, and so we started looking for ways to disprove it was actually registering the motion of the Earth."
Despite further experimental refinements, Knodel's gyroscope consistently behaves as if the Earth is round. Yet Knodel's beliefs seem unchanged when discussing the experiment at a Flat Earth meetup in Denver. "We don't want to blow this, you know? When you've got $20,000 in this freaking gyro. If we dumped what we found right now, it would be bad. It would be bad. What I just told you was confidential," Knodel says to another Flat Earther in attendance.
Going back to Sargent, he's a good example of someone who has so much invested in the theory that it would be extremely difficult to walk away. The theory has given him notoriety and respect and employment, albeit within a small fringe community, and even a potential love interest with a woman also heavily involved in the movement.
But for people who are merely followers, I think it's really just a case of mental illness and/or a need to challenge the accepted realities about the world in which we live.
I joined an FB group called flat-earthers for Jesus, thinking it would be fun. Reader, it was not.
There is money to be made in the flat Earth society by the top guys - sell the merchandise etc..
I doubt they actually believe it
The modern movement is very much hand in hand with evangelical fundamentalism.
I don't think Biblical fundamentalism or literalism has had much to do with flat earth theories. However Galileo did get in a spot of bother over the idea that the earth orbits the sun, rather than the other way around. But before Galileo, Copernicus (a Catholic priest, BTW) did not have too much trouble for somewhat similar views. I think Galileo's problem was to propose his views in a rather dogmatic fashion, rather than a hypothesis to be assessed (which is rather ironic, coming from his prosecutors).
The "scientists" on it are the best, inadvertently proving the earth is a globe over and over.
There's also a Youtuber, "Professor Dave explains" (a chemistry professor) who tackles them by refuting all their claims. They do not like the guy and produce lengthy counter-videos. It's entertaining stuff.
This is another good video:
He doesn't so much analyse the claims, but more the movement itself and how it's basically bleeding believers to things like Q-anon and straight out nazism.
Watched this. They are nuts. Also it showed that these people believe in loads of other conspiracy theories. It’s rare that conspiracy theorists believe in just the one
I recommend "Behind the Curve" on Netflix, very interesting doc about flat-earthers, if it's all a pretence, then they are excellent actors.
Boards.ie needs a rejuvenation.
I'm happy to go on an expedition to prove that the earth is flat.
I'll even fund my own fare.
If any flat earther wants to prove their theory, count me in.
I'd be happy for someone to record it all.
A €40 dinghy bought from Argos along with a €100 smart phone and set off from Dun Laoghaire in the morning and it will tell you the earth is round. Anyone doubting this should be institutionalised for their own good before they do harm to themselves.
I explain why I believe it's not possible in my post.
Weird to drag this up after 3 years...
Why do you say that it is not possible? The question was "Is it possible...?" and you emphatically stated that it was NOT possible.
Is it possible that I could tell a lie? Of course. Why would you say that it is not possible?
ShatterProof wrote: » Nope, if you look up at the moon it’s a circle, ie a flat disc. Anyway that doesn’t matter as everyone knows the moon is made out of cheese.
Dr Brown wrote: » If people really believe the earth is flat I don't see why they don't all head down to Antarctica. As far as I know no flat earth people have actually gone to Antarctica.
Dr. Bre wrote: » Look up at the moon and it’s round so good chance the earth is!
jonbravo wrote: » The biggest black project since Roswell! ( theirs a chapter in "6th ocean" that brings new light on the subject)
Dr Brown wrote: » The Scottish flat earth guy is back hes offering people on the street 100 Pound to prove the earth is round.
Cheerful Spring wrote: » Really why would the earth be abnormal to everything else doesn't make sense? I don't understand why anyone would cover up the earth is flat as it benefits nobody to claim differently. If Earth was flat that would make our planet even more special and people would talk about that.
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