It is my dear readers… The famous flat earth theory has many years of existence on our planet. So it's not something new. The big question is with the advent of the internet, this information became easier to be released to the public around the world, causing several conspiracy theories to be definitely created. With that in mind, I created this article to answer once and for all: is the Earth really flat?
Many people really believe that there is a world conspiracy involving scientists and space agencies (such as NASA and SpaceX) for everyone to believe that the Earth is spherical. It is much talked about that we are truly in a “circular disk“, not on a globe, with the North Pole in the middle and Antarctica in all the edge of our planet. Take a deep breath! Just as, in part, ancient civilizations believed. In terms of the media The Guardian, it is said that the followers of this theory are “almost like a religion“.
Undoubtedly, the main exponent of the theory's ideas is the Flat Earth Society. Founded in 1956 by English Samuel Shentonem, the organization is based, in part, on the ancient Bible which, in some passages, would point to the existence of a flat Earth and, in another context, on an empirical approach to our planet. Practically, this “empirical” approach relies heavily on observation. Still, for the Flat Earth Society trusting one's senses is essential to discerning the true nature of the world around us and with everyone around us.
Now let's imagine… If the world is really flat, the background of the clouds is flat, the movement of the sun is flat, there would be no way to believe in a spherical Earth, is there? And Mars and the Moon? Are they also plans? Doubt is in the air! On the other hand, when we confirm the evidence that the Earth is (amen) in fact round, we usually say that we learned that way in school or even point to photographs taken during space missions. In our daily lives, in the fast pace of our lives, there is really no way to notice that the Earth is spherical, this, by the way, is one of the claims of the flat-Earther society.
For these and other reasons, some people actually believe that the Earth is flat, even without any evidence of such a claim.”brillant“. In addition, one of the most used arguments to claim that the earth is flat is: when we stop to look around us, we are actually seeing a completely flat world. As a result, flat-Earthers realized this fragility and, based on it, built minimally credible arguments. Will it be?
Now, if empiricism is “really” a method considered to be useful for several areas of our human knowledge as a whole, the simple fact of recognizing its validity in the field of astronomy is practically impossible. reckless. To give you an idea, if we stop to imagine that placing a ruler on the horizon of our planet, on the beach for example, does not prove that the Earth is flat. Do you know why? Our planet is so large that it is impossible to perceive its curve from a small distance. So realize the reality indeed!
In a very practical way, it is necessary to go further and further to understand and confirm the existence of the curve of our planet. This is only truly possible when we reach something around 60,000 feet, which if we convert to meters would be something around 18,000 meters above sea level. Only in this way will it be possible to see the curvature that really exists on our beloved Planet Earth. In a simple flight that we see around, the famous commercial planes are not able to show it. In addition, the supersonic plane agree, produced by the beloved aerospatiale and also by British Aircraft Corporation, achieved this feat in the 1970s, proving.
Above all, many flat-Earthers affirm with complete conviction that the photos of the NASA are false and are government manipulation. They only forgot one small detail… The images of our planet and our galaxy are not only taken by NASA, and it is not the only space agency in the world. In addition to all this, NASA currently receives something around 0.4% of US government resources, about 10% less that at the time of the grandiose Apollo missions, which for flat earthers did not occur and was all special effects (VFX) of Hollywood in Los Angeles, California, Planet Earth Spherical.
Still, another very bizarre question that happens very often is precisely: if our Planet Earth is really flat, why then can we see the ships disappearing there at the end of the horizon? After all, if the Earth is flat, why doesn't our vision (aka our eyes) go beyond the horizon? Why can't we see Mount Everest, whose altitude is "only" 8,844 meters? According to flat-Earthers, we cannot see beyond the horizon due to the fog and gives limitation of human vision.
In practice, their argument makes no sense, since we can only see stars located “only” 40 trillion kilometers away (4.3 light years). Furthermore, it is important to highlight that our vision NO over the horizon because of the earth curvature, although flat-Earthers insist on not recognizing this factor, it is as if nothing makes sense and everything is an invention. Matrix… NASA… SpaceX… Anyway… 😀 😀
In the same context, it is also possible prove the Earth's curvature through the grandiose disappearance sequence of a big ship on the horizon. Now, if you watch the ships that move away on the horizon, you will notice that they never disappear all at once, but always from bottom to top. This happens because, look how incredible…: our Planet Earth is spherical. What not? As the vessel disappears over the horizon, some structures disappear before others.
In conclusion… The Earth is not flat. Thanks! See a recommended video below:
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And you, do you really believe that the earth is flat?