COSMIC GLUE
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE THE FLAT THEORY
CONTEMPORARY FLAT EARTH
PARANOIA OR ANTI-PARANOIA? POST-TRUTH OR *TRUTH* TRUTH?
Most conspiracies require the questioning of tellings yet flat earth theory almost completely flips that on its plane.
paranoid of specific information?
Many are skeptical about evidence presented to us but not skeptical about our own belief systems...
Perhaps the flat earth theory is TOO literal ?
Facebook echo chambers stuck in a circle of beliefs
geographically centred and community driven
Polarised political climate - vilifying the other
post truth and horrific soundbite info meme era
PROOF VS.
PROOF
SCIENTIFIC METHOD?
Records of ancient cultures show they believed and theorized the flat earth theory until late BC / early AC
Oldest records of dates around 550BC (Thales, greek philosohy, thank u wiki... )
Psalm written around 5 BC
Earliest recorded documentation of globe theory dates back to 600-500 BC from ancient Greek philosophers …
Pythagoras proposed the earth was spherical around 500 BC
Aristotle declared that the earth was a sphere around 350 BC
homer - flat earther
pythag - og globehead
aristotle - globehead advocate
Anaximenes - maverik
Mark Sargent released first video clue in 2015, the recruitment man for the flat earth theory
Flat earthism – referring to the pop culture phenomenon theory centralising in the west- is almost entirely centred around the bible and its verses
The government make millions from taxpayers money for nasa.. ? $52M a day apparently?
The only reason that nasa was founded was to conceal this specific truth?
On 1st October 1958 .. But soviet space program was founded October 4th 1957 ?
… what panic was nasa founded out of?
“thats a conspiracy with the objective if turning people gay . The logic would be , if earth’s round, the Bible is wrong. If Bible is wrong, there is no god. If theres no God , one can go hapilly and guiltless gay.” – Denis Carneiro, facebook
Flat earth = conclusion ---> proof
Globeheads = data n evidence ---> conclusion
Proof is evidence that one wants to believe.
Bias cannot be completely eliminated
Flat earth gives meaning, it serves as a reassurance for the belief that we have meaning in the universe.
Existential crisis repellant?
access to almost infinite information will inevitably lead to inaccuracy
A lot of people misunderstand or are misinformed or take things way too literally
THE INFINITE INFORMATION PARADOX
CONCLUSIONS
Water slides off a ball, its true I’ve seen it.
Why does my horizon go up not down?
https://www.lockhaven.edu/~dsimanek/febible.htm
How do these religious connotations and theories tie in with the modern government concealing the “truth”
Samuel Rowbotham published flat earth pamphlet in 1849
International flat earth society formed by Samuel Shenton, a signwriter, in 1956
Darel (D.Marble) flew from North Carolina to Seattle
"According to curvature math, the plane should be constanly dipping its nose forward"
ThePottersClay "Space Questions for NASA"
Working off your own knowledge to prove a previous conclusion
DO YOU NOTICE ANYTHING SIMILAR?
D.Marble caught "evidence" for flat earth theory? Or just a misunderstanding?
Neil deGrasse Tyson stated "That stuff is flat" referring to the red bull "edge of space" jump
also mentions use of wide angle lens... further 'proving' previous evidence for distorted view of earth.
Flat Earth CONSPIRACY
Gravity... "stuck"... glue...
I saw the moon during day... false
If nasa is lying... false
no evidence of concave shape... false
EVIDENCE OR MISUNDERSTANDING?