In a surprising turn of events, a well-known flat-earther conceded that his long-held conspiracy theory was incorrect after embarking on a 9,000-mile journey to Antarctica.
YouTuber Jeran Campanella traveled to the southernmost continent to witness a 24-hour sun - a phenomenon that would be impossible if the Earth were flat.
"I realize that I'll be called a shill for just saying that and you know what, if you're a shill for being honest so be it - I honestly believed there was no 24-hour sun... I honestly now believe there is. That's it," added Campanella.
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Campanella still didn't fully embrace the globe Earth model: “I won’t say the Earth is a perfect sphere,” then said, after first admitting he was wrong.
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The expedition was part of the Final Experiment project, organized by Colorado pastor Will Duffy, who "hopes to end the debate over the shape of the Earth."
The expedition was part of the Final Experiment project, organized by Colorado pastor Will Duffy, who "hopes to end the debate over the shape of the Earth."
He arranged an expedition in which four flat Earthers and four "globe Earthers" were flown to Antarctica to witness the continent's midnight Sun. Antarctica's Midnight Sun is one of many proofs that the Earth is spherical. It can only occur on a tilted and rotating sphere, and the axial tilt during summer positions the South Pole to face the Sun continuously for 24 hours.
Flat Earthers often claim that the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 prevents civilians from visiting the southernmost continent in an attempt to hide the true shape of planet Earth. However, Pastor Duffy wanted to demonstrate that this wasn't the case.
"I created The Final Experiment to end this debate, once and for all. After we go to Antarctica, no one has to waste any more time debating the shape of the Earth," Duffy declared in a statement. "This is, of course, assuming that the entire "experiment" isn't just an elaborate prank designed to fool us 'globe Earthers.' It seems highly unlikely, but we'll keep you posted if anything changes – not that we're trying to sound conspiratorial or paranoid."
this post was submitted on 20 Dec 2024
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this person should be celebrated, not ridiculed. we all could stand to learn from him no matter how divergent our views on life are.
he sought evidence willingly and did not dismiss it out of hand when it didn't support his hypothesis. in fact, he has gone further and rejected that hypothesis.
his starting point may have been misinformed but he has had the courage to use the scientific method to recalibrate. i salute him.
Exactlty. I found this a really uplifting story.
I like that he refuses to believe it's a perfect sphere, like someone has been trying to convince him of that.
It's those pesky perfect sphere earthers we need to watch out for. What have they got against bulges?!
Honestly, if you look at a brand new pool ball, that thing's less round than the earth is. So it's pretty spherical. There's a difference between roundness and smoothness though and while the earth is mostly smoother than a billiard ball, it's less smooth in the mountainy parts (Himalayas to sealevel and Andes to sealevel)
You might find it interesting that it's not a sphere at all because it's spinning fast enough to deform from its own inertia. I think that's what the commenter was referring to when they said bulges
Unless they were referring to me ;>)
(They shouldn't do that though, my bulge is more of a smol bump.)
I know there's a deformation due to spinning, what I'm saying is that this deformation is percentual less than that of the standards expected for the fabrication of pool balls. If you think of billard balls as perfect spheres, you should also think of the earth as one.
I don't know if I believe that without facts about billiard ball tolerance
https://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Srotfram1.htm
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_bulge
Someone on Reddit did the math, and came to the conclusion that it's close, but earth is slightly rounder.