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Flat Earth
Also called: Flat Earth Theory
The claim that the Earth is a flat disc.In this narrative, it is the true shape of the universe, covered by the firmament and guarded by Freemasonry.
Established facts
Eratosthenes calculated in the 3rd century BCE that the Earth is round.He measured Earth's circumference from the difference in shadow angles between Syene and Alexandria.Scholars in Columbus's era, in the 15th century, also knew as common knowledge that Earth was round.Today, satellite imagery, GPS, and international flight routes all operate on the assumption of a spherical Earth.Belief in a flat Earth spread again in the 2010s, carried by YouTube and other social media.The Flat Earth Society (TFES), founded by Daniel Shenton in 2004, is still active today.
A dome covers a disc; the sun and moon circle inside it. The edge is an ice wall.
In this narrativeThe horizon is the proof
Flat Earth proponents say the horizon always looks flat1.It does not curve even as you climb higher1.They write that engineers do not factor Earth's curvature into building the Suez Canal or railways1.They also cite the failure of Airy's 19th-century telescope experiment as evidence1.They invoke "Olbers' paradox," the idea that if starlight were infinite the whole night sky should glow1.They conclude that every Earth photo NASA has released is computer graphics (CGI)1.
In this narrativeThe hand holding the globe
This book writes that Kepler, Galileo, and Copernicus, the founders of heliocentrism, were all Freemasons1.Their portraits, it notes, show them holding a globe and a compass together1.It interprets the Masonic compass symbol itself as drawing a disc-shaped Earth1.As evidence it cites a diagram with the North Star at the apex and the sun and moon placed to either side1.It concludes with the line: "The best way to hide the truth is to place it in plain sight"1.Hiding Earth's true shape this way, it writes, makes people distrust their senses and easier to control1.
In this narrativeThe hidden true shape
In this narrative, Earth is the flat plane of an electromagnetic torus where a red hemisphere meets a blue one1.The North Pole is drawn as an anti-space, and the South Pole as a ring of ice1.It points out that the UN logo resembles this flat-Earth map1.A photo of Hitler examining a flat-Earth map with his staff is also cited as evidence1.It adds that many NASA astronauts were Freemasons2.Names such as John Glenn and Buzz Aldrin, among the early astronauts, are listed2.
In this narrativeHow Namu Wiki treats flat-Eartherism
Namu Wiki summarizes flat-Eartherism as a product of anti-intellectualism and religious fundamentalism1.It writes that Eratosthenes had already calculated a round Earth back in ancient Greece1.It corrects the record, noting that scholars of Columbus's era already knew as common knowledge that Earth was round1.It attaches a scientific rebuttal to each claim from various societies, including Rowbotham's disc model1.This document is not a believer's text but an outside summary of the people who believe it1.
Connected concepts
- Firmament →What covers the flat disc is the firmament.The Earth's-shape story leads into the sky's-shape story.
- Antarctic Ice Wall →What rings the disc's edge is Antarctica's ice wall.Where Earth ends is the next story.
- North Pole →The disc's center is the North Pole.After the edge comes the center.
- Freemasonry →The compass in Kepler's and Galileo's portraits points to a globe.That becomes the claim that the people who fixed Earth's shape were Freemasons.
- NASA →The agency that has taken Earth's photographs is NASA.Doubt that those photos are fake is the next bridge.
Leads here fromThe Dome MotifEric Dubay