This conversation is oddly captivating, although I've watched only about 15 minutes. Yes, they are out there!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsOz_J6tJVU
https://freedomainradio.com/

I only watched the first couple of minutes of the video. Do we ever find out why this guy wants to believe the earth is flat. Because I have to imagine that one has to be pretty motivated to come to that belief. I would guess it comes from an extreme form of anti-authoritarianism?

I listened up to the 9 minute mark. Utter nonsense.

Lunacy yes. I guess what interested me is how the interviewer draws out the flat earther and confronts without being combative. Kind of like the Dawkins/Lennox debate discussed recently.

Probably for both of them - the bald interviewer is an anarchist.

It is rather sad to see how people genuinely believe that the earth is flat in our modern world. It might be because they lack quality education or maybe parenting (these are just guesses I do not have research to back this up).

There are many ways how we can prove that our earth is not flat. Here are just a few examples that came to my mind instantly :
The Sun´s altitude
Time zones
The Coriolis effect
Lunar eclipse
Photographic evidence
The other planets are also round
I still have something to say to people who want to argue with people who believe that the earth is flat. You have got to understand that SCIENCE does not drive these Flat Earthers, it's paranoia. So there is no amount of evidence you can show them the error of their conclusions. If you could bring them to space so that they could observe for themselves that the Earth is a globe they would say it's an elaborate illusion put on by Nasa. All you can do is pity them because convincing them is next to impossible.

Well I couldn't make it through more than a minute of this video, it blows my mind to imagine the immense number of people who don't believe this, seemingly, common sense fact. I will say if you want to watch a rather entertaining explanation as to how/ why some people believe the earth is flat the Netflix documentary "Behind The Curve" is an great watch. At one point in the documentary the flat earth believers, trying to get definitive data that the earth is flat, actually contradicts themselves.

Oh crap, a news article stating this thing is growing fast and getting even weirder!

A sky dome - that is downright medieval. Amazing. However the last sentence offers a way to disprove the flat earth hypothesis that would be definitive and accepted by flat-earthers. Very doubtful, they are too far gone.

This helps explain the core of the whole thing. Their main mission is to prove earth is the center of a small universe and not an insignificant speck because somehow that makes it easier to believe in God. To do that, you must sign up for a gaggle of weird ideas. (Like the electro-magnetic vortex that's briefly considered in the video up top at the 17' mark.)

I watched this stupid thing last week. I'm amazed that people parade their stupidity around so brazenly. "I believed in the globe earth until I had to admit that I couldn't find any example of the earth's curvature." What screams STUPID!!! more than that? And, yes, the world is getting stupider by the minute. I await the coming Idiocracy with exasperated resignation. Frankly, it's already here.

Flat earthers lost a pioneer yesterday. In the following video you can see the parachute ditched at launch, no recovery from that...
https://twitter.com/i/status/1231336002175717376
#DarwinAwards

I heard on the news that Hughes had died, but did not catch the details. I am sure the Flat Earthers will find a way to (1) use his death as some kind of argument that supports their theory, or (2) blame it on a "Gloaalist's" conspiracy - they sabotaged his rocket to prevent his proving his position.

He proves that gravity is pretty real.

That is just plain silly...

Everyone knows the world isn't flat, but actually a disc balanced upon four elephants which in turn stand upon the shell of The Great A'Tuin.


Geesh...

I wrote a song called Flat Earth, back in the mid 80s. Here are the words.

Flat Earth
I drove from Perth to Sydney across this big country.

It went up and down in places, but it was flat as the wide blue sea.

The world is flat, The country is flat The plains are flat, Gravity what’s that?

Some people say that the world is round. How crazy is that? The people on the other side would all fall off - Bye bye England, Bye bye America

Giordano Bruno, Galileo Galilee, Copernicus and Kepler and Newton -Why couldn’t you see?

The sun and the moon go round and round High up above the trees. If we lived so fast we’d all fall off. Isn’t that plain to see?

So come on out to the Western Plains and have a look round with me. Tell me if you think its flat or round, I’m sure you will agree

The world is flat, the country is flat. The plains are flat, Gravity what’s that?

I would die one thousand deaths for you Live one thousand lives. I would do anything to hold you in my arms so let your loving shine.

I would sail across the Pacific Sea just to see what I could find, And bring it home again and I’d give it all to you, so let your loving fly.

Keep on climbing through the clouds till you’re standing in the light of the sun, and shower peace and love and joy on everyone you see till you know that you are free

The world is flat, The country is flat The plains are flat, The world is round.

Hey Robert, how about posting a video or at least an audio clip of you singing the song. I'd love to sing it to a couple of friends who support other crazy conspiracy theories.

Yes, I'd like to hear!