A Year of Transitions: 2024. The Missing Virus meets the Flat Earth. The Astrology Office Meets the Newsroom.
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Eric, thank you for addressing this topic. The bottom line is that is none of these so called 'flat Earthers' give any indication that they sincerely believe the Earth is flat.
In order to qualify as a flat Earther (a flat Earth theorist) a person must - at the very least - reject the standard globe Earth model. This means rejecting all standard globe Earth maps, distances, dimensions .... as well as the entire global supply chain, infrastructure, airline industry, truckers, shipping companies etc ... all of which rely on the standard globe Earth maps and distances to run their respective operations.
The Earth is not a hypothetical, abstract place. We are all living on the Earth and we all rely on global communications, global infrastructure and global travel (or shipping) every day. All of these things are all based on the standard globe Earth dimensions. If the Earth is not a globe then the established distance between any two cities on Earth are necessarily WRONG because those distances ONLY fit onto a globe model. If the Earth is not a globe then the global supply chain should instantly collapse (planes dropping out the sky due to running out of fuel, ships getting lost at sea etc).
To reject the globe is to claim all distances further than a horse and cart are capable of are incorrect. This means you cannot reject the shape of the Earth, while still adhering to its dimensions and distances! You cannot reject the shape of the Earth and continue to rely on globe Earth maps!
If you claim the Great Pyramid is flat than you are (by definition) claiming the distances between its 5 corners are incorrect. Those distances DEFINE its shape as a pyramid.... just as the distances between Sydney- Cape Town, Cape Town- Tokyo and Tokyo-London all combine to define the shape of the Earth as a sphere. If you take the distances between every capital city on Earth and create a geometric shape with around 200 corners, that shape is - for all intents and purposes - will be sphere the size of the Earth.
If the Earth is flat those distances cannot be correct, therefore if you are a 'flat Earther' you must give up airline travel for a start. You cannot participate in the globe Earth model while claiming the Earth to be flat. That is as absurd as climbing the Great Pyramid and taking a selfie on the top, which claiming the Great Pyramid is flat. This is essentially what 'flat Earthers' are doing.
I do not know any so called 'flat Earther' who actually rejects any aspect of the globe Earth model in their own daily lives. They are all happy to use standard globe Earth maps, to use airlines to fly internationally, use GPS, google maps etc.
This means there are effectively no 'flat Earthers'. At best there are just people who 'identify' as flat Earthers, but that is not the same thing. To qualify as a 'flat Earther' (a flat Earth theorist) you should do the following as a bare minimum:
(1) Stop participating in the globe Earth model that everyone else adheres to, which means stop using standard globe Earth maps and distances, GPS, international air travel etc.
(2) Present a scale map of a flat Earth with a whole new set of distances marked on it.
(3) Use that map in your daily life to prove you genuinely believe the world is flat.
This video demonstrates how the established distances between various cities cannot be made to fit onto a flat plane.
https://rumble.com/v3x9jag-what-every-critic-of-flat-earth-theory-gets-wrong..html