What do you think of THE FINAL EXPERIMENT?

[AviatorTom]

There is a fairly large number of people who believe the earth is flat, even though science has shown over and over that the earth is a globe. Even the ancient Greeks, more than 2000 years ago, knew the earth was a globe and even calculated its size within an accuracy of a few percent.

Many Flat Earthers (Flerthers) have written books, held conferences and have YouTube channels to explain their views about a flat earth. Similarly there is a large community of Globers who do the same. Many make their living discussing this disagreement.

In an attempt to resolve this once and for all, THE FINAL EXPERIMENT was devised. This involved a trip to Antarctica for a few Flerthers and Globers to see if there was a "24 hour sun", which is impossible in the flat earth model, but perfectly expected on the globe model.

So, in December 20242 (just a few days before this is originally posted), the 24-hour sun was proven, as described in the associated video.

What do you think about THE FINAL EXPERIMENT?

Please vote in the poll.

I'm a Glober and glad it's finally proven that the earth is a globe

I'm a Flerther and still not convinced the earth is a globe

It's an interesting experiment, but who cares?

Something ELSE - please tell

[RavVid]

I just don't think a fair dinkum flat earther will acknowledge this destroys the flat earth. Met one a few months ago and he maintained planes aren't allowed to fly over the north pole because then people would realize a globe was a con. Another person suggested there were quite good reasons not. Like it not being on a great circle, ionization of air, no airports to divert to if needed.

At the last resort it was always a conspiracy. So I don't see that aspect going away.

I did watch and thought it funny. I lasted for 30 minutes then got bored when I realized they'll find something to object to. I certainly wasn't going to watch the whole 25 hours of the sun.

[DryGermanGuy]

I think that would be a waste of time. Flat Earthers are a special sort of stupid. That’s why they are never just Flerthers, they are also Qanon, election deniers, anti-vaxxers, etc. You can’t fix stupid, as you can see from our prime example „Joel“ here on G@G.

[purplepoppy]

Pointless. The flat earthers will just deny the experiment took place or say stuff like why don't you get dizzy standing on the poles as they spin. No amount of evidence will convince them.

you'd have to get everyone involved in the aviation and nautical industries involved in a mass cover up if the world wasn't a globe.

[Kelley1]

A worthless test. The flat earthers would not change their beliefs. One engraved, very few people change their beliefs. They disregard all facts to the contrary.

[malarkey]

People that need to see things with their own eyes will always need to see things with their own eyes. People that trust everything they hear from authority figures will always believe what they are told without questions. Scientists will be skeptical of everything, but take time to tests concepts withing their ability and reason that if certain concepts are true, then a certain level of credibility can be given to related concepts and thus they are likely true if there is a reasonable level evidence documented by credible people with the same foundational scientific education. Nobody has the time or money to test everything independently, so some level of trust has to be extended to others withing the scientific community.

[Horn_Hog]

Flat earth is a psyop to distract you from what's important, the shills who cause people to spend time and energy on flat earth only to end up achieving nothing, not preventing tyranny in 1 country, not stopping a war, not bringing any important technology to the world, are obviously sponsored the same way as Alex Jones and BLM rioters. Just a bunch of rеtarded fаggots.

[jshm2]

It's not science, but a belief - just like atheism. No matter what you claim, they will just counterclaim or deflect.

It's a fun game to play with them, but it's important to not waste too much time with such.

[juliammm]

So much mediocrity, it’s hopeless.

Some people are so stupid that they are out of reach whatever you try to do.

[juliammm]

You only need to use your GPS to know the earth is round and that Einstein's relativity theory is correct.
Or, take a camel and reproduce Eratosthenes's experiment, which led to extraordinary precision in measuring the Earth's diameter.

[strateguy632]

You are so naive to trust g. p. s.
But i paced and found it miscalculated distance, proving it wrongly measured a flat as a spere.

[strateguy632]

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[OlderAndWiser]

Flat earth advocates do not fuel their engines with high octane truth, and I doubt that logic will persuade them to change their beliefs.

[strateguy632]

If you read their books, they are very smart. Smarter than the average human.

[OlderAndWiser]

@strateguy632 Assuming that is true, how do they reject so much proof that they are wrong?

[Astarlessnightsky]

This wouldn't change a thing, if flat earthers would be accepting facts we wouldn't have them to begin with.

[genericname85]

this will do nothing. the people who think the earth is flat will just bullshit themself back into the position they never reasoned themself into to begin with.

[Mangospacho]

This is when the flat earthers bring out the nuclear option and use the term “firmament” and we’re all just supposed to be silent after that and admit that they’ve been right all along.

[Cubus]

Yeah, Eratostenes from Alexandria calculated it 2000 years ago. And he was only wrong by 400 km.

[Graptemys79]

I imagine the flerthers are also incredulous about the moon landing.

[msc545]

Waste of time. Who cares what flat-earthers believe or think or say?

[strateguy632]

Not a proof, like the edge of a plate.

Also video can be cgi, no proof.

[AviatorTom]

@strateguy632 Flat Earthers have said for years that the flat earth model cannot have a 24-hour sun in Antarctica. The video showing a 24-hour sun (360 degrees around and always above the horizon) is not CGI. A Flat Earther that was in Antarctica for TFE while the video was being made confirmed, publi8cly, that he was wrong about a 24-hour sun, and that's exactly what he saw with his own eyes. By doing that, he validated the video as being real, not fake nor CGI.

[strateguy632]

That is unrelated to "flat", and again picture are c. g. i.

[KrakenAttackin]

I have actually seen the curvature of the earth from 51,000 feet (FL510).

[strateguy632]

Anyone can lie they are a pilot. "My cousin said he flew a jet and the pictures were classified due to refuting curve earth."

[KrakenAttackin]

@strateguy632 I was flying a Lear 31A with only pilot/copilot, on a cool day. She marched up to FL510 and we stayed there for about six minutes before beginning a decent.

I don't care if you believe me or not.

[Dongie]

Heh, globe.