While most of us are convinced of the round Earth by the incredible NASA photos from space, Flat Earthers aren’t so easily swayed. It is impossible to see the curvature of the Earth from ground level. The shape of the Earth just doesn’t seem round. That lived experience, in large part, is why this Flat Earth conspiracy theory has been so sticky throughout millennia. I can walk as far as possible in a single direction and the ground and horizon will always appear flat to my eyeballs. Without any greater evidence than one’s own experiences, it would be more excusable to believe the Earth is flat.

The world looks flat, the bottoms of clouds are flat…these are all examples of your senses telling you that we do not live on a spherical heliocentric world.” The simplest is by relying on one’s own senses to discern the true nature of the world around us. Stated so eloquently on The Flat Earth Society (TFES) website “The evidence for a Flat Earth is derived from many different facets of science and philosophy. Notice the massive ice wall around our planet keeping the water in! Muhammad Waqar Saleem/ Flat Earth Beliefs It can’t be that difficult to figure out if Aristotle proved the round Earth more than 2,000 years ago with few scientific instruments. Have you proven for yourself that the Flat-Earthers are wrong, or have you simply believed the pictures and professionals?įortunately, there are multiple easy tests you can perform at your home to prove that the Earth is, indeed, round. Many of the Flat-Earther’s convictions come from how flat the Earth seems from our perspective. Would you believe in the round Earth then? Imagine we didn’t have those pictures from space. Maybe the existence of Flat-Earthers is a good reason to think critically about astronomy yourself, to actually understand why the Earth is round.

It seems unlikely that anything will convince these believers of a different world-view. It has been scientific consensus for hundreds of years that the Earth is a near-perfect sphere.īewildering as it may be, some people just refuse to believe the mountains of evidence proving a spherical Earth. Have you ever proved that the Earth isn’t flat? While Flat-Earthers are one of the more out-there conspiracy groups, it’s fun to disprove them with simple tests in your backyard.

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