Flat Earthers Went To Antartica To Proof Earth Is Flat Only To Be Debunked By Facts

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A team of Flat Earth conspiracy theorists recently traveled to Antarctica in the hopes of proving—once and for all—that our planet is, in fact, flat. Unfortunately for them, the trip seems to have confirmed what scientists and geologists have long told everybody, and what photographic evidence and videos have already proven: our planet is round.
 

The expedition in question was chartered by Will Duffy, the pastor of a small church based outside of Denver, Colorado. On a website devoted to the expedition, Duffy explains that the journey involves 24 flat earthers and 24 “globe earthers” who were “handpicked” as “representatives of their respective sides.” The point of the expedition, which has been dubbed “The Final Experiment,” is to investigate whether a 24-hour sun exists in Antarctica.

The Flat Earther movement is mostly a religious movement (it has been referred to as a form of “extreme Biblical-literalist theology”), which explains a certain amount of its believers’ aversion to science. In recent years, the theory has been platformed by numerous right-wing political personalities, including Candace Owensand Tucker Carlson, presumably because it appeals to their largely conservative, presumably religious audiences.

In fact, Owens appears to have ties to the recent Antarctica trip. In his video, Duffy thanked the right-wing podcaster, who he said was “super excited” by the idea of the expedition, and claimed that Owens’ director, Mark Herman, was actually with them in Antarctica. In a separate video, Duffy said that Herman would report back to Owens’ audience on the trip’s findings. In the past, Owens was quoted as saying: “I’m not a flat earther. I’m not a round earther. Actually, what I am is I am somebody who has left the cult of science.”

The Final Experiment is a way to settle the shape of the Earth debate,” the organization’s website states. “Both the flat earth side and the globe side agree that whether or not there is a 24-hour sun in Antarctica will confirm if we live on a flat planet or on a globe.”

Anyway, when the expedition-goers got to Antarctica they found, unsurprisingly, that there was, indeed, a 24-hour sun. “Sometimes you are wrong in life,” said Flat Earth influencer Jeran Campanella, in a video posted by Duffy after the team had reached their destination. “I thought there was no 24-hour Sun. In fact, I was pretty sure of it.”

The “midnight sun,” as it’s known, is the result of the Earth’s axial tilt and the position of the Arctic circle relative to the solar rays. It’s unclear why flat earthers decided that the sun’s presence would either prove or disprove their own beliefs.

https://gizmodo.com/flat-earther-expedition-to-antartica-bolsters-case-that-our-planet-is-round-2000540677

 

[garbage day 11,816]

Fighting the urge to send this to my dad. At least until after Christmas.

[Bonkers 30,860]

what's ridiculous is that I feel validated as if there was any question 

[Bonkers 30,860]

3 minutes ago, hieronymus said:

Fighting the urge to send this to my dad. At least until after Christmas.

Your dad is a flat earther?

Just get him a cork for his fork and wish him the best 

 

[garbage day 11,816]

3 minutes ago, Bonkers said:

Your dad is a flat earther?

Just get him a cork for his fork and wish him the best 

 

Yeah... he also doesn't believe in the moon or outer space. It's so humiliating and frustrating.

[Bonkers 30,860]

36 minutes ago, hieronymus said:

Yeah... he also doesn't believe in the moon or outer space. It's so humiliating and frustrating.

Well at least you can blame him if you ever do something stupid

 

[RainingOnMe 7,280]

I can't believe we live on the same planet as people this dumb.

[HotLikeMexico 6,535]

1 hour ago, hieronymus said:

Fighting the urge to send this to my dad. At least until after Christmas.

Just do it. **** it 

[Lextyr97 20,790]

1 hour ago, hieronymus said:

Yeah... he also doesn't believe in the moon or outer space. It's so humiliating and frustrating.

I’m so sorry, what? 

[Purrrrrr 18,075]

show this to flat earthers and they'll tell you this is made up as propaganda to keep people from the truth

[Ronnie 6,099]

2 hours ago, hieronymus said:

Fighting the urge to send this to my dad. At least until after Christmas.

The gift of knowledge would be a great gift for Christmas

[Helxig 45,331]

Honestly if Elonia wanted to actually do some good for humanity he’d send the flat earthers up in his rockets first out of anyone. Also if anything goes wrong while running test flights …  either way it would be a win for science and the rapidly lowering intelligence of the human race 

[skaxboy 6,899]

2 hours ago, hieronymus said:

Yeah... he also doesn't believe in the moon or outer space. It's so humiliating and frustrating.

Wait…is your dad Joe Germ?

[27monster27 15,848]

The fact that this has happened more than once .

 

[garbage day 11,816]

15 hours ago, HotLikeMexico said:

Just do it. **** it 

 

14 hours ago, Ronnie said:

The gift of knowledge would be a great gift for Christmas

We've had discussions about this before. I even mentioned the laser experiment that supposedly disproved them last time, but he just finds a new FB post or random youtube video to coddle himself. 

He's literally beyond reason.

15 hours ago, Lextyr97 said:

I’m so sorry, what? 

Yeah, he thinks the moon is a projection, and we're still under the biblical firmament... even though he's not a religious person. He believes space isn't real "because if the sun can light up the earth, why doesn't it light up more things." I told him it does, but the crazy distance of everything in outer space makes them all basically look like stars at night.

He's also very upset about the moon being visible during the day sometimes and thinks it's some kind of stamp or guide to where they project it at night.