A second was Alexis Kleinman’s online article Meet The People Who Believe the Earth is Flat, from Mic in August 2016.
An interesting article was Looking for Life on a Flat Earth, by Alan Burdick, from the edition of The New Yorker. The first were articles that provided capsule bios of Flat-Earth believers. I will divide other interesting publications into two categories. Another important resource was the 1864 book by Samuel Rowbotham (Parallax), Zetetic Astronomy: Earth Not a Globe. Another useful summary was Eric Dubay’s booklet called 200 Proofs Earth is Not a Spinning Ball. Of the pro-Flat-Earth Web sites, the one I found most useful is Flat Earth: Frequently Asked Questions, on Flat Earth Wiki.
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But I found a host of material (primarily Web sites) that reviewed Flat-Earth theories, both pro and con. So it seemed unlikely to me that I would find anything that might cause me to doubt that the Earth is a rotating and revolving spheroid. In addition, our entire understanding of the history and evolution of the Earth relies on the fact that the Earth is a spheroid that rotates on its axis once each day, and revolves around the Sun with a period of one year. The theory of gravitation is an absolutely essential element of physics and astrophysics. I was not sure what to expect, although I did not have high expectations. And they are forced to attribute debunking of their ideas to a vast worldwide conspiracy.īut since their movement appears to be gaining more media exposure, I decided to take a look at the history and status of flat-Earth theories. They strive to carry out their own flawed “experiments” to demonstrate the planet’s alleged flatness. They have to deny evidence available to nearly everyone from worldwide air travel. They have to decry as fraudulent all photographic images of Earth from space. They have to reject coherent and non-controversial scientific explanations for a very wide range of phenomena, including all of modern astronomy and cosmology, and such everyday experiences as the rising and setting of the sun, twice-daily tides, gravity, the seasons, lunar eclipses, etc. In contrast to the other issues we cover, Flat-Earth believers are not driven, nor purposely misled, by people with clearly identifiable political, economic or religious agendas. Tim Londergan, FebruIntroduction to Flat-Earth TheoryĪmong the various science denial issues we deal with on this site, most are more important, but none quite as confounding, as the social-media-boosted revitalization of beliefs in a flat Earth.
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