This was achieved by comparing the shadows of sticks in different locations.
One of the best documented methods for determining the Earth’s roundness was first performed (to our knowledge) by the ancient Greeks. A good place to start would be by making sure children have the chance to try out simple experiments in school. Perhaps if more people really could see for themselves the evidence, we might be able to reverse this worrying trend.
I wish Hughes well with his endeavour, as he has at least been willing to try and prove his theory. But the awareness of how easily images can be doctored and the growth of internet conspiracy theories appears to have fuelled a resurgence of belief in a flat Earth.Īt the same time, there’s a lack of understanding of the science that has long been used to demonstrate that we live on a globe, without the need to leave it. “Mad” Mike Hughes is all set to build his own rocket to see for himself that the Earth is flat.įor the last 50 years, we’ve been able to view pictures of the Earth from space, which might seem like all the proof you need to see that our planet is in fact round. Overall, I'm guessing a really dedicated troll or prankster is behind this list.Could 2,000 years of belief be wrong? Are we in fact living on a disc rather than a globe? One believer from the Flat Earth Society is determined to find out. That being said: these "proofs" of a flat Earth model range from kinda interesting as a starting point to describe how gravity and perspective work, to common misconceptions of how gravity, inertia and momentum work which I could discuss in class with my AP physics students (#20 and #21 are commonly used as starting points to discuss inertia #115 – #117 stand out as great gravity misconceptions), to pants-on-head stupid (#113 and #114), to "back away slowly, there's something wrong with this person" (the discussion of how sunlight and moonlight are different - #132, and the Masonic conspiracy stuff at the end). I don't know if this is true, but every time I see one of these things I can't help but think that it's primarily a troll. A friend of mine once told me that his birth father - a bit of an oddball artist type - was one of the people responsible for a prominent Flat Earther-type movement.
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