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Flat earth- what’s your opinion??

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GaaaaarlicBread · 11/02/2020 19:54

Just catching up on This Mornings interview with a flat earther-can’t get my head around his debate but at the same time he makes some points that sound very realistic and he seems knowledgable . But I do believe our earth is round and not flat but very open to other people’s views , so just wondered what you think Mumsnetters?? Sorry if there’s been a thread like this before....
YANBU=our earth is round
YABU= it is flat

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Justaboy · 11/02/2020 20:56

Bit like UFOisn't it and Aliens out there somewhere but how come they never land in Trafalger square on a Saturday afternoon????

chomalungma · 11/02/2020 20:56

If it's flat....then how do we get sunrise and sunset. It's not like the Earth flips to the other side, is it?

And what's underneath the Earth?

DGRossetti · 11/02/2020 20:56

The problem I have with the Flat Earth theory (putting aside how much you can annoy devotees by calling it a theory) is that it must mean astrology is a load of cobblers.

WalkingDeadTrainee · 11/02/2020 20:57

*governments creating Coronavirus etc

Now that, i sometimes do wonder..*

I don't believe any of the conspiracies but the virus timing was just way too perfect for efficient spread. 🤔 There is no such thing as coincidence

kathmacc · 11/02/2020 20:57

To be honest I actually watched a documentary on Netflix a couple of years ago about “flat earth believers” - you do get sucked in to their ideas- but shook my head and accepted Earth is round - just shows the power of internet/YouTube!

Gimmeashake · 11/02/2020 20:57

@custardbear
Haha!

Lilymossflower · 11/02/2020 20:58

m.youtube.com/watch?v=KVKE0ox6ouU

NearlyGranny · 11/02/2020 20:58

I'm with Ferdinand Magellan (1480 - 1521) on this topic:

"I know the Earth is round, for I have seen her shadow on the Moon."

And he sailed right round to prove it.

Mysterian · 11/02/2020 21:00

They don't really think it's flat. They're just having a wind up.

HazelBite · 11/02/2020 21:00

Myself and my DIL watched the interview with incredulity, you got the impression that Holly was restaining herself from shouting "Crap"
I think the amazing thing about it was P & H made all the salient points that any one of us would have made and he had a seemingly intelligent sounding answers to any point or question, he was very convincing in quite an alarming way!
Worth watching if you are able.

FizzyIce · 11/02/2020 21:01

They’re just mental .
I watched a documentary on Netflix about this a while ago and I had to turn it off as these people were just so stupid .. they also all lived with their mothers still too . Grown men in basements with nothing better to do .. and some women too,of course

eternalopt · 11/02/2020 21:02

In answer to those wondering what compelling arguments he came up with... he didn't. Everyone that says it's round is lying. All evidence is made up. We live in a Truman show like dome and are being lied to because our brains can't cope with the truth. 🤔.

SinkGirl · 11/02/2020 21:03

It’s terrifying that 5% of people here believe the earth is flat... I mean, really?

Haven’t RTFT but there was an excellent Netflix doc on flat earthers. My favourite part was the guys who spent a lot of time as money on very meticulous experiments that would undoubtedly prove that the earth was flat... the experiments always failed to do any such thing, but still they persisted. Gotta love that determination 😬

JKScot4 · 11/02/2020 21:04

I had the misfortune of having to listen to a flat earther who went on to ask if I had kids, to which I said yes.
He then proceeded to inform me they don’t belong to me!!
Supposedly the number at the top of the birth certificate is logged with your child’s details in a US vault!! They will be called upon if needed by the CIA!!
This is their level of crazy 🤪

puds11 · 11/02/2020 21:05

I often wonder what could be achieved if all the idiots thought about something useful for 10 mins!

If the earth was flat would we not just have a door to Australia 🤷‍♀️

RightOnTheEdge · 11/02/2020 21:06

I can't watch that.
My friend engages with them on Facebook which makes them pop up on mine, so I have to scroll past quickly because the total stupidness makes me feel like I might spontaneously combust or my head will explode. I just can't cope with it 😂

MoonlightMistletoe · 11/02/2020 21:07

I don't know how to vote but you can add me to the 5% that do generally believe it's flat Grin

mindproject · 11/02/2020 21:08

It's put there to make all the conspiracy theorists and people who don't believe everything they are told all look like idiots.

Of course the earth is round.

isittooearlyforgin · 11/02/2020 21:08

Science does not care about opinion

PlanDeRaccordement · 11/02/2020 21:08

The Earth is neither flat nor round, but a bulging blob. The circumference measured along the equator is longer than measured pole to pole because the planet has a bulging spare tire around its middle.

Barbie222 · 11/02/2020 21:09

I'm sort of at the edge each evening, but then it gets round again overnight.

Yamihere · 11/02/2020 21:10

The earth is obviously flat. All the world governments know this and have created a make believe country called australia to make the world seem round.
And cats are pushing things off the edge of the earth, they just haven't had enough time to push everything off.

Mysterian · 11/02/2020 21:10

It's an oblate spheroid.

NotALurker2 · 11/02/2020 21:10

I fell off the edge of the earth once. I was on a raft I made myself out of some wooden pallets abandoned in the alley. (Got the design from Instructables. I made a good solar oven with the leftover wood, too; covering it in tin foil generates heat by reflecting the sun, and you can use the scraps for a hat.) I wanted to find out for myself if the earth was round or flat. Seems absurd to believe the ancient Greeks! After all these years! How stupid and gullible can you get.

I took my cat Eratosthenes with me in a sack and paddled as far out into the ocean as I could go. Out of nowhere I heard the sound of rushing water. The ocean was falling off the edge of the Earth, and no matter how hard I paddled against it, it took me with it. Luckily for me the wind pushed me under the earth as the water rushed by, and I managed to grab hold of a C-pipe that was sticking out, and climbed up a long, steep ladder to a sewer cover and climbed back up onto the top of the planet, soaking wet and minus my raft. I had lost track of the cat in my panic, but when I emerged on the top, blinking in the sun, there he was, casually licking his fur and looking as if he'd never left the top of the planet. Meanwhile, everyone looked at me as if I were crazy!

Next I'm going to go to the moon to harvest as much cheese as I can before the Chinese get it all. They've set up a cheese mining operation on the dark side of the moon so no one can see what they're doing. This is a fact, BTW. www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-46746092

Once they control all the cheese, they'll triple or quadruple the price. I'm planning on stockpiling mine until that happens, so I can sell for a huge profit. Anyone want to join me? You can send me your investment money via paypal. Should be a safe bet, if I can control the mold. The moon is a sterile environment, which is why it doesn't go bad. Earth is not....

Nancydrawn · 11/02/2020 21:11

I would like to thank PPs for recommending Behind the Curve--I am sick and feeling self-pitying and it has put me in a fabulous mood.