Interviews with 30 attendees revealed a pattern in the stories people told about how they came to be convinced that the Earth was not a large round rock spinning through space but a large flat disc doing much the same thing.

What do you think about this? Tell us in the comments.įor more trending stories, follow us on Telegram.Flat Earth rising: meet the people casting aside 2,500 years of science – video While their beliefs are not supported by any scientific evidence, they continue to promote their views through online communities and social media. The Flat Earth Society was founded in the 19th century and has had various incarnations over the years. They argue that the evidence for a round Earth, such as photographs of the planet taken from space, is part of a conspiracy by governments and scientists to deceive the public. The Flat Earth Society is a group of people who believe that the Earth is flat rather than spherical or oblate as scientific evidence indicates. If you want to watch this scene and a lot more, Behind the Curve is currently available on Netflix. What I just said to you was private,' he quipped. 'Would it be bad if we dumped what we found right now? It would not be good. When you have $20,000 invested in this freaking gyro.' 'We don't want to mess this up, you understand? Then Knodel addresses a different Flat Earther.

You are aware of the adage, If your experiment disproves your hypothesis, ignore the findings.' We started looking for simple ways to show that it was actually registering the motion of the Earth because we were obviously unwilling to accept that. 'Now, naturally, we were surprised by that and thought, 'Wow, that's kind of a problem.'

'What we found is, when we turned on that gyroscope, we found that we were picking up a drift,' says Knodel. He runs a YouTube channel solely devoted to the idea and is a member of the group using a $20,000 (or Rs 16 lakh) laser gyroscope to demonstrate the earth doesn't rotate.

The scene is from the new Netflix documentary Behind the Curve, which follows a group of Flat Earthers who 'firmly believe in a conspiracy to suppress the truth that the Earth is flat,' according to the documentary's description.īob Knodel is one of those proponents of the flat-earth theory. Flat Earthers Accidentally Prove The Earth Is Roundįlat Earthers Accidentally Prove The Earth Is RoundĪ group of conspiracy theorists has unintentionally spent thousands of dollars to prove that the earth is round, which may be among the most satisfying TV moments we've ever seen.

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