Is Earth Actually Flat?
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Published 2014-12-04
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LOTS OF COOL LINKS BELOW!
Flat Earth gravity simulation by Yeti Dynamics: youtube.com/user/yetipc1
Kansas flatness study: (the pancakes used in the study were from IHOP): www.improb.com/airchives/paperair/volume9/v9i3/kan…
the flatness of other states: www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/03/sci…
"The Meaning Of It All" by Richard Feynman: www.amazon.co.uk/The-Meaning-All-Richard-Feynman/d…
“The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten”: www.amazon.co.uk/The-Pig-That-Wants-Eaten/dp/18470…
related Vsauce video, “Is Anything Real?” • Is Anything Real?
Minutphysics “TOP 10 REASONS Why We Know the Earth is Round” • TOP 10 REASONS Why We Know the Earth ...
Good satirical series about how the Earth IS flat: • Video
What if Earth was a cube?
possiblywrong.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/if-the-eart…
www.askamathematician.com/2011/05/q-what-would-ear…
gizmodo.com/how-gravity-would-be-different-if-the-…
curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=421
MYTH of the round Earth:
scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2011/09/21/who-di…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_of_the_Flat_Earth
Earth is round:
datagenetics.com/blog/june32012/index.html
www.wired.com/2011/06/how-to-estimate-the-radius-o…
web.archive.org/web/20100331205903/http://orfe.pri…
Varrazano bridge: www.ljhammond.com/phlit/2012-06c.htm
Varrazano spelling controversy: www.huffingtonpost.com/roseanne-colletti/verrazzan…
Flat Earth Society:
theflatearthsociety.org/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_flat_Earth_societies
Wilbur Glen Voliva:
blog.modernmechanix.com/5000-for-proving-the-earth…
stevelyons.ca/projects/flat-earth-manifesto/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_Glenn_Voliva
theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?topic=6179…
Flat earth map (one theory): www.earthnotaglobe.com/library/Flat_Earth_Society_…
Poe’s Law:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
literallyunbelievable.org/
Science is always provisional and theories are never conclusively proven:
www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-scientific-fundam…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method
blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/09/14…
Asimov on being “more wrong”: chem.tufts.edu/answersinscience/relativityofwrong.…
Occam’s Razor: plato.stanford.edu/entries/simplicity/
Newton’s flaming laser sword: philosophynow.org/issues/46/Newtons_Flaming_Laser_…
Other razors: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razor_%28philosophy%29
relativistic length contractions:
I really liked this one: faraday.physics.utoronto.ca/PVB/Harrison/SpecRel/F…
www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/specrel/lc.cfm
www.askamathematician.com/2011/01/q-why-does-loren…
Earth and cosmic ray perspective:
www.reddit.com/comments/97gak/in_the_reference_fra…
i.imgur.com/nfDHQ.jpg
wolfram contraction simulator: demonstrations.wolfram.com/RelativisticCar/
Susan Haack: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundherentism
1996 election NYT crossword:
www.crosswordunclued.com/2009/01/nyt-election-day-…
cdn0.dailydot.com/uploaded/images/original/2013/2/…
All Comments (21)
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If the earth was flat we would see slimes everywhere
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"It’s hard to win an argument with a smart person, but it’s damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person" -Hank Green
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I still wonder how flat earthers think the Japanese attacked pearl harbor
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I did some calculations, and apparently if earth was accelerating at 9.8 meters per second upwards continuously since its creation, we would now be moving at 46,390,012,920.204950586 times the speed of light.
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If the earth is flat why does my life keep going down hill
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In an alternate universe: Round earthers exist all across the disc
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8 years later and this is still the most comprehensive demolition of the flat Earth hypotgesis.
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If the Earth is flat, we could just move to the bottom side Boom, global warming solved
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When you roasting flat earthers and suddenly someone puts a bag over your head and you hear "take him to the edge"
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“Is the earth flat?” Micheal: “yesn’t”
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I like how he pointed out that a flat disc would collapse back into a ball under its own gravity, and how most things in space are round. There's plenty of objects out there, but the moons of Mars will suffice to demonstrate this point: Both moons are too small for their gravity to force them into a spherical shape, but Phobos being the larger of the two, is somewhat closer to being spherical than Deimos.
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I like how YouTube has started to display the flat earth info panel under this video
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Michael’s Mom: He’s about to say his first words! Michael: Or am I?
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mom and dad: hey we’re getting a divorce. Michael: or are you?
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Simply ask a flat earther why Polaris is not visible from the Southern Hemisphere and why the Crux is not visible from the Northern Hemisphere.
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if earth was flat you’d be able to see the sun 24/7. even if it’s tiny and lighting up a different part of the world, you’d still be able to see it glow in the sky. also, it wouldn’t be rising and setting, it would simply get smaller and dimmer. if the sun sets on a flat earth then it would be dark for everyone in the world. i genuinely want to hear a flat earthers response to this
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Being stupid is like being dead. It's only painful for others. - Ricky Gervais
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Mom: Hey dinner is ready. Michael: Or is it?
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the earth is globe
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I am overwhelmed(Obviously, in a bad way) about how many people actually believe that Earth is flat. It’s just… sad. “Gravity is just a theory.” “Read the bible. ____” “Vsauce is such a liar.” “Show me a image of a REAL Earth.” “NASA is lying.” sighs
