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Mar 20, 2018 · According to one common Flat Earth claim, objects fall because the Earth “is constantly accelerating up at a rate of 32 feet per second squared (or 9.8 meters per second squared). This constant acceleration causes what you think of as gravity.” 23 This handwaving explanation doesn’t work.
Nov 16, 2019 · The reality, says Davidson, is that the flat Earth, sun, moon and stars are contained in a “Truman Show”-like dome. From there, pitfalls can be easily dismissed – like photos of the Earth ...
Jan 29, 2016 · Back in the 1970s and ‘80s, a man named Charles Kenneth Johnson became a minor celebrity for his refusal to believe the Earth is round, Cheryl Eddy writes for iO9. Johnson’s good friend Samuel ...
Jan 29, 2022 · A Glimpse on the Rise of the Flat Earth. In its contemporary form, the Flat Earth movement emerged in the middle of the post-truth era, with scientific distrust, conspiracy theories, and religious fundamentalism (McIntyre, 2018 ). McIntyre ( 2018) argues that science denial is commonly placed in scientists’ possible bias and ideological ...
Feb 19, 2017 · Just so, Flat Earthers often talk about planetary geometry in terms of “belief in” rather than “belief that,” as if the evidence for a spherical Earth is lacking. But that claim isn’t ...
Jun 5, 2021 · I asked him why he believes such bullshit; there is plenty of evidence that earth is an ellipsoid. He said,” As I look around, all I see is a flat plane.” I took out my phone and searched ...
Feb 17, 2021 · A thin box could hold flat double-sided maps of all the major objects in the solar system, or a stack of Earth maps giving physical and political data. The Winkle tripel is a map to hang on your wall.
