Flat Earthers plan Antarctic expedition to edge of the Earth
- 5 years ago
NOT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD — Some people will go to the ends of the Earth just to prove something. For flat earthers, it's all too literal.
According to Forbes, the latest plan to win the disk vs ball debate involves an Antarctic expedition to reach the edge of the world.
The "real exact science," Flat Earth International Conference founder Robbie Davidson told Forbes, is that if you squish down a globe, Antarctica would be an ice shore that goes all the way around the Earth.
It would have been nice to just have the crazies all sail right off the face of the planet. But apparently we're also in a dome, so that's not gonna happen.
The flat earthers claim the Antarctic ice wall stretches 60,000 miles on a pancake vs just 14,500 on a ball, and think that by sailing around its coast, they can get the distance to flat out prove their point.
According to Forbes, this all stems from a belief that the UN Antarctic Treaty of 1961 doesn't allow private explorations of Antarctica. Nevermind that a dude just did a solo trek across the continent, complete with GPS proof. But since the G in GPS stands for globe, the flat earthers are having none of it.
In any case, we're all looking forward to that Antarctic expedition. Let's hope they get that spectacular failure on video.
According to Forbes, the latest plan to win the disk vs ball debate involves an Antarctic expedition to reach the edge of the world.
The "real exact science," Flat Earth International Conference founder Robbie Davidson told Forbes, is that if you squish down a globe, Antarctica would be an ice shore that goes all the way around the Earth.
It would have been nice to just have the crazies all sail right off the face of the planet. But apparently we're also in a dome, so that's not gonna happen.
The flat earthers claim the Antarctic ice wall stretches 60,000 miles on a pancake vs just 14,500 on a ball, and think that by sailing around its coast, they can get the distance to flat out prove their point.
According to Forbes, this all stems from a belief that the UN Antarctic Treaty of 1961 doesn't allow private explorations of Antarctica. Nevermind that a dude just did a solo trek across the continent, complete with GPS proof. But since the G in GPS stands for globe, the flat earthers are having none of it.
In any case, we're all looking forward to that Antarctic expedition. Let's hope they get that spectacular failure on video.