Neil Tyson Demonstrates Absurdity of "Flat Earth"

Neil deGrasse Tyson takes on the subject of our spherical world, and this time he has not only science but history on his side. You can learn even more at brilliant.org/StarTalk/.
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Hosts
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice
Director
Dave Wiskus
Writers
PJ Scott-Blankenship, Josh Silverman
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Neil deGrasse Tyson, Helen Matsos
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0:00 - Introduction
0:48 - How Physics Conspires To Make Things Round
1:31 - The History Of Flat Earth
2:05 - Evidence For The Spherical Earth
4:05 - Eratosthenes's Experiment
5:40 - How We Can Observe The Spherical Earth Ourselves
6:41 - What The Rise Of Flat Earthers Means
7:15 - Sponsored by Brilliant
8:10 - Closing Notes

[@arealmench]

If the Earth was truly flat then the flat earthers would become round earthers.

[@anasamiry1564]

Hahah It's always like that 🤪

[@vaughnwolf101]

Haha that’s true

[@WorkerBeesUnite]

Nice.

[@randysanchez8188]

haha..

[@XenophonSoulis]

That's true.

[@inphaseshelf8256]

This is like a Harvard math professor explaining why 1+1 doesn’t equal 3 to a bunch of adults.

[@kyfetrombetta3691]

Principia Matematica...

[@BlaBla-hq1bu]

Interestingly enough 0 dB + 0 dB = 3 dB. So everything is possible (if you use logarithmic scaling and do some trickery).

[@PeeP5051]

@@BlaBla-hq1bu 1+2=12... is this the trickery? You are putting 1 and 2 to make 12...

[@BlaBla-hq1bu]

@@PeeP5051 Nah, the trickery is setting the zero point for a value with an absolute zero point. Somewhat like temperatures, sound also has a minimum possible value, an absolute zero. But 0 dB does not describe that point, but the lowest point that can still be registered by the human ear. (For the mathematical example I will now switch to temperatures, as I do not fancy calculating everything in 10^-5 Pa and the logarithmic scale of dB and because temperature has a much easier conversion.) Temperature has an absolute zero at 0 K = -273.15 °C, but the zero point of Celsius lies at the freezing temperature of water. Therefore 0 °C + 0 °C = 273.15 K + 273.15 K = 237.15 °C. Sound works relativly similar, although the increasing mechanism is somewhat different. In sound you have two noises measured in dB that amplify each other and not one value getting increased. That's why 0 dB + 0 dB is absolutely perfect, although a bit unintuitive , while 0 °C + 0 °C is a bit sketchy. I hope, I could help and you gave not up halfway through this horrific text wall. Anyway have a nice day and never stop asking questions.

[@PeeP5051]

@@BlaBla-hq1bu Yeah i think mine is smarter tbh

[@antonyduhamel1166]

The flat earth conspiracy is the single biggest example of the saying: Genius has its limits, but stupidity knows no bounds.

[@dominiccharvet546]

People who do not know the earth is a flat plain have been brainwashed their whole life by their Governments, their movies and their Schools and fake science. Yes it is a very big lie and it is up to you to get out of the Matrix. Remember you have never used your eyes before. Scientism exposed.

[@dominiccharvet546]

Stupidity comes when we do not question those who claim to know. kzbin.info/www/bejne/npmaaKKKZ9mLi6s

[@mikeoxmall69420]

Stupidity is flat and infinite 😂

[@kualajdm]

and the Dunning-Kruger Effect.

[@antonyduhamel1166]

@@kualajdm I'd say religious extremism is a bigger example of Dunning Krüeger, but that's just my opinion.

[@nathanjacob0459]

Imagine how embarrassing it would be for our whole species if aliens came to Earth and found out that, even with as advanced as we’ve become, some humans still argue about the shape of their own planet

[@bendedstraw4294]

Underated comment

[@AMW1able]

Aliens: "Your planet is round human" FE: "You're just a paid acter by NASER!"

[@creed22solar123]

some people also can't explain what a woman is. It's stimulation overload by all the negativity and people just snap and go insane. What other explanation is there.

[@danielnewmanmk]

Aliens have been here for thousands and thousands of years, and they have been dominating or controlling or ruling the Earth for at least 150 years now. It's exactly them who have fabricated this insane debate, where two WRONG postulates stand as options. The Earth is neither spherical nor flat, and they know it very well. But at the same time they don't want us to know the real shape of the Earth, because it would automatically lead us to the understanding of the real shape of the Universe. And THAT could be dangerous for them. Imagine Columbus having been asked by the American Natives where he had come from. He could have told them that he was from "another Continent" across the Ocean. Or he could have told them that he was from "another world" that was up there, on one of those stars. This goes for ALL encounters between a primitive population and an advanced civilization. The primitives always wanted to know where an "alien" had come from. And we see so many drawings of "aliens in some flying devices", even many of those holy books report about such encounters. So it is obvious, what answer the "aliens" would give to the Humans about their origin. If they hadn't mentioned the stars, and if they hadn't have some flying devices to confirm their story, the Earthlings would have NEVER drawn pictures of "astronauts" or "space ships", but would have always talked about some lands "across the Sea" such as Atlantis. And guess what, there is ONLY ONE story about Atlantis - which is HERE, on the same Earth -, and HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS of stories or drawings connected to the stars. So we can easily conclude that those "aliens" ONLY ONCE made the mistake of mentioning the Earth as the place of their origin, as a result of which there was a WAR between Atlantis and Athens, while in all other stories NO WAR is mentioned, but only COLONISATION of the locals on Earth. Which is very logical, 'cause the Earthlings could have never made war with a world "up there in the stars" that they couldn't even have located, let alone reached and attacked. So, if you have a functioning Mind you can easily figure out that it's all about STRATEGY. To deny this requires one to be either "stuck in a box" or an alien himself (or at least a collaborator).

[@luechmillionz]

If it was proven then it would be no room for debate numb nuts …find a pic of earth from space that’s not cgi…let me know what u find

[@MrAlexanderLang]

Don't touch flat earthers, i want a future where these people exist, compared to them i look like a genius.

[@dexterdouglas]

Agreed! They are so entertaining!

[@thankswe7781]

I can agree to that.

[@LucDutra92]

Maybe natural selection will get rid off them. They'll risk their lives by building home made rockets or launching themselves into the ocean, trying to find the bounderies of the flat Earth and prove their point. Eventually, there won't be anyone left. They'll either blow themselves up, fall to their deaths or get lost in the sea never to be found again.

[@MrAlexanderLang]

@@LucDutra92 Hey as long as they film their "proof" i'm fine with the entertainment value it will bring, don't worry they are only strong on words they don't have the knowledge of physics required to even achieve lift off, i mean they don't believe we are rotating at 11km/s even worse is that they think that's universal like trough entire atmosphere.

[@tTtan639]

That may be true but everytime you hear them their negative intelligence will slowly rub off on you.

[@davekerryvane3015]

The Greeks had a huge advantage- they didn’t have Facebook

[@bobw1678]

They also shunned and shamed their village idiots. Now we give air time to fools just because they have a twitter account.

[@bigtorrisi]

Yeah but the Romans did. Faceus Bookus.

[@moshfists]

Me either. 6 months recovery, and counting. Such a stress reducer. 🛸💨

[@simonjohnhinton1938]

They did have tablets though.... Well Stone ones anyway

[@tklyte]

Ain't that, right? 😀

[@kathrinsides2838]

Oh, Dr. Tyson, when you said that our education system has failed to teach our children how to think and learn, it hurt my heart. I actually quit teaching a number of years ago because the system is so broken. And the fact that people are just pulling “facts” out of their @$$ is why we have so many problems in this country now.

[@vincentvalentine1230]

The whole world's lost its mind.

[@TheRSfactor]

Like "men can get pregnant"?

[@donald1576]

A well-informed well-educated general public is dangerous to a close system of government the Republican party is well aware and has been attacking public education since the beginning they don't want people educated they want them indoctrinated. They groom their little fascist from the moment they're born they heard them into churches and tell them lean not to your own understanding don't trust what you're thinking let some authority figure tell you how to think and what to think it let us write to Donald Trump and the mess we're in today with these ridiculous people

[@josephmoore596]

Is it broken or operating as currently designed. Some seem to derive great benefit from the results

[@dominiccharvet546]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/npmaaKKKZ9mLi6s

[@billd4056]

It's frightening that there's people who actually believe the earth is flat.

[@ivanivonovich9863]

Yes it is... And I know quite a few. No use arguing with them, their minds are already made up.

[@jodsterf]

why frightening? they aren't afraid. just curious about actual physics that don't make any sense so they went ahead and did the science to get some answers... shared em, more people got involved with more questions, did the research conducted experiments, shared the results, until now, there are good answers that those who just make claims, and believe based on their faith can't provide. Dont you personally have a single question? Like, if the sun really was over 90 million miles away, wouldn't it heat up and light up the one side of the earth equally, being that far away? Or, since we can easily calculate the 3rd side of any triangle, and can observe the angles of sunrays shining through clouds, anyone can calculate how high above us the sun actually is. It's obvious the sun is not millions of miles away. What about the constellations and north star... how do they stay in place while the earth is spinning, an also circling the sun, and hurtling through space, yet supposedly these stars that make up the constellations and the north star are billions of miles away yet have remained unchanged in our night sky through all time? It's kind of mind blowing to me that everyone isn't wondering how that could be. Well 10, 15, 20 years of keeping an open mind, there are some pretty solid answers that make sense. My hats off to those who also wondered and didn't just go by blind faith in what preachers like Neil give from their pulpits. I find him insulting. And not very good at giving answers. His answers make no sense at all. Maybe they did 10 years ago, but we know so much more today. Seems like he's not keeping up or he's doing what he's been told to do. The corrupt powers that be, never change. They keep using the same strategies, even when they don't work anymore. they don't know how to change. apparently their prediction machine stopped working in 2012.

[@rudyochoao559-79]

Explain this to me then Our galaxy is expanding $1,44,000 mi every hour do the math seriously do the freaking math and explain to me since the dawn of time these planets are in the same place get the f out of here. Mars is $218 million miles away but yet it stays right there if we're expanding you're telling me it doesn't expand with the universe only us and these planets right here are stationary your sheeple You people are very dumb

[@MRtodd-8287]

The only thing flat earthers fear is sphere it self.

[@nuclearnachos3394]

todd newham why dont u have more likes

[@sgt.shocker1864]

juan castellon because his comment is copied from some else, ive seen it.

[@MRtodd-8287]

Ohhhhh fuck it has gotten more likes since you fuck tards replied #nodome#earthisasphere.

[@sgt.shocker1864]

todd newham im agree #ROUNDEARTH

[@crabmandoon2585]

What the fuck this is the best joke I've heard in a while u should have 1000 like s

[@Bobert27]

Police: sorry sir this parking is only for the handicapped Guy: the earth is flat Police: oh my bad sorry sir

[@miggies8140]

Scoobydoo75 that got me so fucked up 😂

[@beaconrider]

Well hell, then drive into the building.

[@MM-vs2et]

Good joke, delivery could've been better

[@VanRukh]

I had to do a double take to get it. Laughed hard

[@randomdude2903]

😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@Brandon84J]

I love the energy Neil brought to this interview. Cheers my dude

[@fu3g]

i love all the totally natural and definitely subtle cuts that happen mid thought throughout the video. u can clearly see how his thoughts flow.

[@crazybrit-nasafan]

As Einstein was quoted as saying. "two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not too sure about the universe"

[@timkennedy3089]

He was wrong about both

[@ab3040]

Human stupidly. Nice.

[@albinajeta8882]

Universe is not infinite at least our univers. So he was wrong

[@zengokigyh]

@@albinajeta8882 How can he be wrong, after that quote, if he's saying he's not sure? ... You should make the effort to understand what is being written. Also, the quote is meant as a joke. Is everything black or white to you? You must be more binary dependent than a computer. The end of the quote beautifully ties humor and the uncertainty of it together. And finally, you might be wrong if the universe is infinite. You don't know. We don't know. We approximate. We believe. There is no truth. Only consensus. Remember this. Check out Kant.

[@SanilJadhav711]

Edit "stupidly" as "stupidity", a guy already made a joke about it lol

[@markonjavro4214]

Anyone else looking for flat earther's comments

[@PashaGamingYT]

Exactly what I'm doing. Gonna take a bit of scrolling, though.

[@evanbookout]

Pasha GamingYT a little farther up there’s a comment chain by Evatan, it gets pretty funny

[@MayDenless5739]

Marko Njavro go look at the comments of a comment posted by Evantan, you’ll be very satisfied

[@juliuscox94]

Me too

[@christianallos7293]

same

[@starroger]

Here is a modern version of the three wells experiment. Measure the angle above the horizon of the star Polaris from three different locations. I suggest Winnipeg, MB in Canada, Waco, TX in the USA, and Oaxaca, in Mexico. They are all on 97º W longitude (within about a 1/4º or so). This makes them almost perfectly aligned on a north/south line. You could also measure the angle of the Sun above horizon at local noon on the same day (ideally at one of the solstices), but the Polaris observation is much easier because it can be done on any clear night. What shape of the Earth supports the observations?

[@martas9283]

I wish I'd had science teachers like Neil

[@scottellefson1155]

My high school science teacher talked a lot about Bigfoot and the commies coming to take his 4x4.

[@nagatagirl8749]

​@@scottellefson1155 lmao

[@colenewaltersmusicandother9330]

@@scottellefson1155😂

[@jodsterf]

you did

[@martas9283]

@@jodsterf not even close..

[@TerryUniGeezerPeterson]

“It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they've been fooled” -- Mark Twain

[@boterlettersukkel]

Flerfs don't understand that they are the fooled ones.

[@elonmusk7096]

You are right..... no one can convince that flat earthers got fooled by conmen

[@HeyDan1983]

It can actually work on both sides...

[@Rejoran]

Wow, great quote.

[@Ecaea]

@@HeyDan1983 except the other side actually tested their theories.

[@erickgutierrez6743]

You can show flat earthers all the evidence in the world, they won't accept it.

[@harunbeshir8443]

Because what I see with my is flat.

[@erickgutierrez6743]

@@harunbeshir8443 thanks for proving my point 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@harunbeshir8443]

Seeing is believing. If I believe without seeing. It is becoming religion . I wanna go to galaxy 😁

[@sirjackkoff5018]

Operation Fishbowl.

[@CantSettleOnAName]

@@sirjackkoff5018 If that's your only evidence, ha f******** ha. If an explosion continues upward past the point of detonation, do you think the detonation was caused by an impact?

[@Enjoymentboy]

Trying to argue globe earth with a flat earth believer is an exercise in the old saying of "never try to fight a battle of wits with an unarmed person". The single most common argument I have seen flerfers use is "It doesn't make any sense to me". That alone should tell anyone everything they need to know.

[@tjjones621]

It's funny you say that. I found out something none of them wants us to know... they are all armed with the exact same proof, every one of them. They all use the exact same map to drive around. It's the globe map. This is the key to the whole FE prank. They.... are the globe proof. The fun part is pointing it out to them and explaining this is how indoctrination really works. :)

[@allynevans6]

The fact that the moon appears upside down in Australia should be enough to tell flat earthers that its not upside down , you are standing upside down lookin at the moon from the bottom of the round earth looking at it . And that dreaded gravity thing makes it all possible .

[@kevinh891]

Seriously? The moon is upside down from Australia? That's your "proof"????

[@allynevans6]

@@kevinh891 yes and it's all the proof needed . It appears upside down in Australia because you are standing upside down on the bottom of the round earth , there is no other way to explain it ,because the moon doesn't turn or rotate .

[@stillwaters45]

The moon proves that the earth is a sphere in many ways. ​@kevinh891

[@talktodick5649]

People in 1950: we're going to have flying cars by 2020 People in 2020: debating over the shape of the earth

[@davidsosa538]

Sadly true

[@joeleljackoe24-gaming62]

Very true. Crazy, but true...

[@davidkonevky7372]

Ikr

[@spacedout4061]

but we at least have flying cars tho... just super expensive and you need a pilots and drivers license and they are kind of impractical

[@bradyspace]

Hmm it's almost like anti-gravity was a science fiction pipe dream. Maybe you're on to something there.

[@youtubesmonster]

“We live in a country with a failed education system” - Yes yes yes & yes!

[@ptolemyauletesxii8642]

Yes, but Tyson is too optimistic. Even with better schooling and teaching the fact remains that an IQ of 100 just isn't that bright, and most people hover a little above or below that point. People like Tyson suffer from the Dunning-Kruger effect, in that they vastly overestimate the capability of other people. Tyson simply cannot grasp how dim most people are, so in his mind it's just a matter of educating them in some vague unexplained manner.

[@ishe728]

@@ptolemyauletesxii8642 i agree with you but I'm in the middle so i believe those that are dim can improve the iq up to maybe 115 to 120. Right now it's a failed system. We were once not as dim before we can get back with time. Plus he said to retrain the minds to think with reason not raise iq. Two different things there, in his defense. Which brings a separate issue, those are quick to question a book by a professor but do not do the same from a Facebook post?? I believe this is the dim you are thinking about and I'm just hopeful that its the education system, maybe it's like he said our right to freedoms that has facilitated this behavior?

[@csme07]

We haven’t failed most of us we’re taught plenty of basic knowledge like the earth is round some are dumb af tho

[@lasko24]

Can't blame the education system for flat earthers besides they think schools are there to brainwash us in this super secret conspiracy they know about

[@davidm7824]

one thing that surprises me is that they do NOT teach you in school how to manage your money when you are an adult and living on your own!!!!!! the average credit card debt is $10,000!!!!!! my parents never use credit to by thing except for a house or car, unless it is an emergency. if you want something, save for it and you save a lot of money by not paying interest!!!! i pay off my credit card in full when the bill comes, no interest paid. simple common sense and it works!!!!!!

[@user-pe587ui90]

"The accounting of energy" - never had I hear a more nerdy phrase that sounds so cool! Simply love this man!

[@john_mckinney]

“Something does not square”….gotta love this guy

[@snowman2116]

"Welcome to the Flat Earther Society, we have members all Around The Globe."

[@andrewfreligh2347]

What proof you get of its roundness

[@hatboxghost735]

SnowMan That’s been my favorite quote from those morons. I’m sorry, but believing the stars are angels and planets are demons is insane. They believe everyone is lying to them, most are paranoid schizophrenics who accept the idea. My brother-in-laws have all fallen for it except for one, and I’ve also seen them go off on tangents that the devil is in the electricity... smh

[@patrickstrauss9800]

@@andrewfreligh2347 set up a telescope level with the earth and let me know what you see

[@TimeRiseUp]

@@andrewfreligh2347 Here's how you get firsthand proof: 1- Find a long, straight, and flat road. 2- Go to the middle-point of this road, and park beside it. 3- Get out and stand along side of the road. 4- Look to the "horizon" and focus on the on-coming lane. 5- At some point, your vision will allow you to see a vehicle at the furtherest distance your eyes are capable of performing. Even with great vision, you're likely to see a tiny and somewhat blurry dot. 6- Pay attention and watch the vehicle slowly grow bigger as it gets closer. 7- Notice that the vehicle is at it's largest, as it passes directly infront of you. 8- Pay attention and watch the vehicle slowly become smaller as it gets further away. 9- At some point, your vision will no longer allow you to see the vehicle. 10- Apply what you just saw, to the Flat Earth theory. The sun would be tiny when first able to be seen, huge at midday, and tiny when too far away to be seen. Also you could put your phone/camera in the middle of the floor, use a round flashlight, point it at the camera from as far away that you can, and then shine down on it from directly above. = Round Earth

[@corylyonsmusic]

@@andrewfreligh2347 I love how people ask where the proof is, when there are 100s of examples that they know of already, yet they deny the evidence regardless...so why should we give more examples? Lol

[@eddy5344]

Arguing with a flat-earther is like playing chess with a pigeon. Doesnt matter how good you play. At the end of the day it will flip all figures and shit on the table.

[@BarloGo]

at 0:05 ...we have a video ....show it and make all this bullshit go away ...simple as that :D ...we need just some pros to make sure its not a fake ...fucking simple ...no need to play chess with pigeons or do any ancient greek math or debate or arguing or reasoning ...simple as pissing on fingers :D ...Do it !!! ...no? why not?

[@teutonicknight6022]

@@BarloGo Flattard aye?

[@candyman_315]

the simple solution is to kill the pigeon, obviously.

[@BarloGo]

@@candyman_315 the simple solution is to show the fucking video ...and bring some pros to make sure its not a fake ...and every time some one is going "flat" ...the video ...no talks no bullshit ..just link to video...case closed ...but no ...they dont show it ...just talks and rolling eyes and asking stupid things like "Flattard aye?" :D ...THE FUCKING VIDEO RETARDS !!!! 0:05

[@BarloGo]

@@candyman_315 thou ..."they" do have video from behind the moon...shity 20 sec ...and some say its fake cuz moon not spinning ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/en7HmYSpfceKitU ...go figure :D PS: and we dont see 4 857 satellites orbiting the planet :D

[@AtomicElectronCo]

With Social media and the internet, people can believe whatever they'd like to believe even more than was ever possible before....no matter how absurd the idea.

[@jodsterf]

exactly!! believe is faith.

[@TheBugkillah]

The only true absurdity is that people still believe flat earthers think the earth is flat. Let me give you a hint: flat earthers don’t believe the earth is flat, they’re just trying to get clicks and sell t-shirts.

[@Mark-Stone]

It doesn’t really matter what any flat earther thinks; if you don’t know that Earth is a sphere, you’re wrong.

[@warmachineuk]

Flat Earthers attend physical conferences, commission custom apps, and shout at each other about the flat Earth model they believe. That's far too much effort for trolling. Trolls do exist but they're easy to spot.

[@user-fu4zu3uh8i]

You are correct we do not believe the earth is flat. Believe is the enemy of knowledge. We don't believe the earth is flat, we know it is!

[@Mark-Stone]

@@user-fu4zu3uh8i No, you don’t know that Earth is flat. In exactly the same way, you don’t know that pigs can fly, that Bigfoot is real, or that Elvis is still alive. Flat Earth is a belief, and it’s an absurd and trivially disproven one.

[@Spazzsticks]

Flat earthers be like: dont believe anything they tell you, be a skeptic Also flat earthers: instantly believes anything they read on facebook.

[@stevenh8770]

Neil : "everything is spherical and they admit this but the earth is flat, something doesn't square" Flat earthers : we were wrong, the earth is square! Neil said it himself! square earthers : lets start over, we got the truth now!

[@ervinhendrixherrera4963]

@@stevenh8770 minecrafters happy noises

[@WalengaLeo]

facebook and the bible lol

[@Zero11s]

2:47 here they show that space is white instead of black, debunking their own model #003

[@migueltroncoso5661]

Its so funny how modern flat earthers began just being a few but then internet trolling made it a trend and now people do actually believe it

[@maheeraymaan305]

The ships disappearing in the horizon isn't because the earth is a sphere, it's obviously because the ship went out of render distance.

[@nekatsuk1]

@Mitti its a fkin joke

[@maheeraymaan305]

@Mitti Uh..uhh...**intense flat earther thinking noises** YOU DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TRUE!!!! PROVE IT TO ME!!!!!

[@niemand414]

@Mitti r/wooooooosh

[@jamesblaine5517]

@Mitti Cause it switched to a lower resolution model first, duh.

[@rafaelbarkhordarian2163]

Yes its true that if you zoom in you can see the ship but not all of it the bottom of it Is hidden beneath the curve

[@roydane9861]

On July 9th, I did an experiment to test Flat Earth Theory. Before sunrise, I hiked to the top of Mt Whitney, which is the highest point in the Lower 48 states, with a compass. If Flat Earth Theory is correct, one should be able to see both Polaris ( the North star ) and the Southern Cross. I had no problem finding Polaris, but even with the help of a compass ( so I could face South ) I was unable to see the Southern Cross. To quote two men from a show that was popular 10 years ago: The myth IS BUSTED.

[@yasyasmarangoz3577]

Did you make a video?

[@johannjohann6523]

I really appreciated Neil's comment about the "failed" U.S. public education system. Where teachers and schools are consumed with absurdity like "trans-gender" students and which bathroom they should use (when you're 18 you can do what you want) instead of teaching how to think, and use one's mind to "problem solve". Not just simple memorization.

[@mokonemokone3158]

It worries me that he still needed to explain this in the 21st century.

[@rs_1995]

Not just you my friend, not just you.

[@longcheese]

Well, more people are doing their OWN research, and guess what?

[@flipwright1138]

@@longcheese what?

[@johnarnold893]

@@yedgalax duh!

[@ethannelson7254]

@@longcheese are you gonna say what my friend? Or have you decided to keep your mouth shut?

[@Tallenn]

If the earth was flat, cats would have knocked everything off the edge by now.

[@xGeF0rc3x]

Most underrated comment i have ever seen

[@geoffreygushue2280]

Thanks...I needed a laugh and that was very funny!

[@b.a1933]

@tinylilmatt right!

[@shawncastro6061]

Made my night 😂

[@frankrubio1546]

This is way too funny to only have 147 likes!! 🤣🤣🤣 I guess it’s a cat people thing

[@kolibad]

I think the only reason they say it's flat is because they know good and well that it's round, and they don't trust anyone that doesn't "go against the grain." They have simply started believing everything is opposite of what it is, then, they make up all of their "facts" after the fact I say this because why in the heck is everything in the universe round, and the earth has to be flat?

[@user-nq2jg8oo7q]

Orkunun storyden gelenler +1

[@helin5258]

Ve bişi anlamadım Murat Soner ne alaka bu video ne alaka konu ne 💀💀

[@Talei2]

"To argue with a person who has renounced to the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead" -Thomas Paine

[@justafnaffan2.016]

@@JohnVJay Funny how it's called that

[@TomLiberman]

For all practical purposes you are correct. The full quote is: “To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.

[@sensualgoat3718]

this fraud loves to belittle flat earth and then refuses to debate Eric Dubay. flat out refused. was scheduled for JR podcast and the fraud ran off scared. long love Eric Dubay bringing the truth to the world

[@Talei2]

@@TomLiberman thanks for the full quote!

[@Shimus36]

@@sensualgoat3718 Because there is literally nothing to debate. It's spherical. From camera footage to satellite imagery everything everywhere is spherical. There is not a shred of evidence to suggest otherwise. It would just be an idiot clambering and flailing against established fact, and the whole episode would look like Tyson wants to just leave. Waste of valuable time.

[@mildchaos6037]

I like flat Earthers, I once had a low self esteem about being dumb but they make me feel much better

[@jiffylou98]

It's bittersweet to see grown adults fail to comprehend something I was taught in the fifth grade.

[@Mastaace]

Check out the Mandela Effect people. They make me feel like Stephen Hawking.

[@erlanggaz9105]

Why Bother are you dead? (Kidding)

[@jamestor6700]

omg

[@hansnielsen4165]

Why does FE makes you feel better/like Hawking? Compared to flatters even a cardboard box looks like a genius! :-)

[@BeanCasserole-wg7wu]

Thankyou Neil, it is extremely annoying that people believe the earth is flat.

[@SilentSamurai8]

At about 2:05, a slight reference to a character on “In living color” played by David Alan Grear. Nice

[@younusmyk4502]

I hate the mount Everest shadow showing up every day infront of my house.

[@NARKISDUDE]

Freaking hilarious. wow, a flat earth would have been wild, we could just see everything in a sunny non cloudy day. what a hoot.

[@pk-fi1ok]

Wow, your comment is brilliant!!!

[@admiralack285]

man, i hate it when that happens

[@sensualgoat3718]

this fraud loves to belittle flat earth and then refuses to debate Eric Dubay. flat out refused. was scheduled for JR podcast and the fraud ran off scared. long love Eric Dubay bringing the truth to the world

[@DrMonty-yr1kc]

@@sensualgoat3718 Dubay? That guy? Loooool

[@bionicfighter7816]

if the earth was flat, the solar system would be O o o _ o O o ◦

[@LeuBlue]

Yes

[@hondai208]

nice

[@gifzwerk]

More like ) ° ° - ° O O o o

[@outerlands3382]

🌞__🌋__🌚

[@outerlands3382]

🌍🚫🐑

[@joeynolan304]

The fact that this has to even be said is crazy. We've known the Earth to be a sphere for 2,000 years. But no better person to explain it than Neil! It is because of Neil and Carl Sagan that I love to learn about the Universe!

[@boterlettersukkel]

@Danny Michelle *What is be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.* No map, NO model, *NO FLAT EARTH.*

[@boterlettersukkel]

@Danny Michelle Debate *FACTS*, why??

[@boterlettersukkel]

@Danny Michelle Be smart and don't try to sell B$ to a mariner that has done the tests You have nothing, kid.

[@alexf962]

@Danny Michelle Says the guy who could not handle a debate without parroting what he heard on a youtube video made by a worthless conman. You are the biggest sheep out there, you are too blind to see it.

[@dhans9662]

@@dannymichelle4499 Explain sunsets lol

[@fefferryerr1818]

He's right, but having watched flat earth theories, I don't think he represents their view accurately. Many flat earthers don't believe the planets and moon are spheres, they often say they are just lights. They also don't think they go under and around the flat earth, rather stay above the flat surface. Also, when he says flat earthers are a result of our country having a failed educational system, it's actually world wide, not this country alone that has failed.

[@Matuse]

It's impossible to represent their views, because no two of them have the same views. Every single flat earther believes different things.

[@fefferryerr1818]

@@Matuse Yeah, that's another issue with tyson, he makes it out as if what he said is their only view. But, I've never heard of any where the sun goes below the earth like tyson described, every one has said the sun/moon/planets/stars are always above the earth.

[@RidgewayMountainhauser]

@@fefferryerr1818 yes, flattards can't explain how the sun, moon, planet and stars can set below the horizon if they are supposedly doing drunken nascar laps over flattardia.

[@iximusic]

...lights? Powered by what? How and why are they moving? How does that explain night and day? Man. I feel sorry for them.

[@fefferryerr1818]

​@@iximusic I think they take things as they are and don't see the point to finding out answers, it's all god's work to them. God works in mysterious ways, they say. If you believed in god, but scientific evidence contradicted it, which one would you go with?

[@garrettledford1147]

Nah nah nah man you're assuming they believe in the solar system, they hit lower than that.

[@Diabolicalppp]

Just pure ignorance. If they truely believed that the planets dont exist, why dont they buy telescopes and see them themselves?

[@psyfi5428]

@@Diabolicalppp Sometimes they do. But they're too dumb to focus correctly on the planets so they only get bright smudges and conclude that this proves them right.

[@baileycarroll2067]

Didnt you know the whole solar system is a projection from area 51 planted there from the government so that we think the earth is round and don't go past 'the north pole' to find more countries that they don't want us to see?

[@umstot3120]

@@baileycarroll2067 this comment section if for sain people

[@baileycarroll2067]

@@umstot3120 hahaha thats why im here

[@connierule3902]

Once there was a man who thought he was a god. He had been in therapy for many years and his therapist kept trying to convince him using many different methods that he was not, in fact, a god. One day, the therapist asked the man "do gods bleed?" And the man said no. Thinking he was onto something, the therapist pulled out a needle and poked the man in the finger. The man sees the blood and says "wow... I guess I was wrong. You've changed my mind... I guess gods DO bleed."

[@jeremylee48]

Daniel Rule Yes! Example of a conversation with a flat earther.

[@humb1s3rvant]

@@tesste7134 you're right the sundial doesn't account for the lost time...it just measures the angle of the sun with a shadow by degree of latitude and is a visual representation of what time it is *daily* A calendar measures the entire year, and because it is not accurate to the hr/min/second for prediction of celestial events and seasons, the calendar must be adjusted to the closest whole number (365 instead of 365.whatever or some fraction of a day) it's just to get the dates to match so we know what day it is...what difference does it make? Instead of saying "I'll see you two moons from now" we say "I'll see you on this date" the calendar works and every so often we adjust it to keep it working...what's the big frickin deal?

[@everythingiskaos14]

@@tesste7134 still has nothing to do with the earth being round

[@nuno.picado]

Nahhhhh Most probably that guy would claim it was the needle that blead!

[@rosealexander9007]

Imao I see where you are coming from. Same way with a flat earther. They are going to believe what they want to anyway

[@miaomiaochan]

Honestly, the video should have ended at 0:14. But because we have grown-a** adults that not only genuinely believe earth is flat, but are incredibly confident and even arrogant in this knowledge, scientists have to make videos explaining round earth to them in simple terms.

[@James_Randis_Spirit]

Flat earthers seems to actually believe that there is a REAL debate about the shape of the earth. They don't seem to understand that flat earthers are just entertainment for smarter people.

[@varyolla435]

What do you expect from people who believe in essentially comic book explanations for their existence. 🤭

[@the1onlynoob]

What if earth is not round, but round is earth. -Jayden Smith probably

[@arniecalang4583]

🤯

[@beezlefee]

"What If Earth Is Not Round, But Round Is Earth."*

[@seamusforever7081]

@@beezlefee "What if Earth is not round, but round is Earth?."*

[@kingjudas8883]

the1onlynoob what if planets are not spheres, but spheres are planets** (atoms)

[@donnyhh313]

Mike Freeman just like your mom

[@carbon7825]

600 AD: Hmm,i'll just put this stick in the ground and i can tell by the shadows that the earth is indeed round. 1300:That boat departing gets farther and farther away,so the earth is indeed spherical 1957:I have to turn this rocket each time i get farther up,so indeed the earth is not flat,oh,i can see the round earth on this satellite camera. 1969:I can see round earth from here on the moon. 2018:The earth is flat because i can jump.

[@nottherealpaulsmith]

600 AD? try 283 BC

[@shermaljones5561]

STAR PLATINUM jojo

[@johnwiese6760]

STAR PLATINUM ZA WARUDO

[@questionsayer]

John Wiese RRRREEEEEEE

[@dakirimckee1335]

STAR PLATINUM Actually that's not how it happen. Wake up yo

[@criceto134]

Planet are round Atom are round Electron are round Neutron and proton are round Moon is round Eye are round

[@jockey12022011]

My colleague is a flat earther and decided the walk to the edge of the earth... Don't worry, in the end he came around

[@smile6676]

Made me snort, thanks

[@user-ed1mj5zk6f]

j w Russell Good one!

[@tanngrisnir69]

🤣

[@beedee9534]

That was plain stupid are you by any chance a Lawyer

[@bigislesmile]

Your colleague is at least asking questions. He was like you believing all the lies.

[@aaeve5676]

Look Neil, as smart as you may be..... *Im Never gonna give you up, Never gonna let you down, Never gonna run around and dessert you.* *Never gonna make you cry, Never gonna say goodbye, Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you*

[@rinse-esnir4010]

It is when it concerns flat earthers.

[@hparch86]

@@rinse-esnir4010 flat earthers should be specifically categorized. May be the mental disorder must be called as flat earth disease.

[@s.m2895]

Aaron, that comment so savage it belongs in the Wild

[@tobistein6639]

When did he make fun of mentally challenged people? All he did was talk through the different ways people have figured out the earth is round throughout western history.

[@artman2oo3]

Oh we can make fun of people who are WILLFULLY ignorant.

[@GalileoScientist]

The beauty, the grandeur and the sheer elegance of our planet does not require a response to a Flat Earther.

[@rickwestlake3048]

Eratosthenes didn't use two wells. There was one well, in Syene (modern Aswan), where the sun reached the bottom of the well on the northern solstice (the summer solstice); and on the same day up in Alexandria, Eratosthenes measured the shadow cast by a vertical pillar and figured it was one-fiftieth of a circle -- therefore, the circumference of the Earth must be fifty times the distance from Syene to Alexandria. The cities were joined by a caravan route, which was estimated as the ancient equivalent of five hundred miles -- therefore, the circumference must be twenty-five thousand miles. He made some mistakes in his measurements, but they cancelled each other out.

[@hishamburger]

Flat Earth is an April fools joke that went too far.

[@ventersepticeye7456]

That is a very true story

[@longlostwraith5106]

Trolls started perpetuating the idea, then creationist spawn, literal crazies and literal retards picked it up.

[@bobzshowbob3142]

Wasnt it a 4chan joke or something?

[@bobzshowbob3142]

@Southern Fun I dont know,Joe Rogan told me lol

[@twilightvulpine]

This seems to be happening a lot, stupid jokes on the internet that lots of people take seriously and make movements out of.

[@arcaithe8030]

Don’t teach your kids what to think. Teach them how to think

[@arcaithe8030]

redlegagent I feel like there’s no disagreement here lol

[@meatdelivery4087]

redlegagent religion is a cage for the free spirit

[@TheAbsol7448]

This comment right here is _extremely_ important.

[@singed54]

MP Toast Religion binds people together. You dont have to take everything in the bible seriously, for example first there was light, possibly talking about the big bang and so on.Religion serves as a uniting force and gives us a moral code. This does not mean that religion cant be judged, for example islam is a violent religion condoning forcefull conversion and killing of ,,infidels,, . The point im trying to make is religion is needed, a world without it would be a worse place. ( I know you dobt need religion for some moral desicion but before cristianity there was no concept of mercy for example)

[@davidallendominden4948]

I told my parents that im an atheist while they are christians. They told me that "God" doesn't give us his "blessings" because I dont pray like them. What kind of God would punish others because of one person?

[@olorindream9421]

I wish I had thought of the third well when I was fighting the "good fight."

[@AstrosElectronicsLab]

Insert "GRAVITY! Haven't you heard of gravity? GRAVITY!! GRAVITY!!" Also, we're "hurling" through space at more like 67,000 mp/h. Note, that's a LINEAR velocity. We also experience a linear velocity of 1024 mp/h at the equator of earth, and 0 at the poles, and rotate at 15 degrees per hour (0.00069 RPM). Eat that, flat earthers. Basic science.

[@evenbet9603]

I explained to my overweight roommate why he is round: the universe favors spheres.

[@ondrae7528]

Fat people should not be shamed, they are favored!

[@callumboyagoda8455]

sounds like he was destined to have 1 too many cakes

[@evanbookout]

Ondrae The Great something about that comment plus your profile picture being the hammer and sickle really got to me lol

[@sebastianfiasche8821]

Well not in that case...

[@lanipace7063]

That’s so mean! 😂

[@Ipuntmidgets1]

You made your first mistake which was assuming that flat earthers believe in gravity. you give them to much credit

[@oma1036]

True true

[@ogrelordmalfoy202]

Gravity is still only a theory stop acting like its law

[@oma1036]

@@ogrelordmalfoy202 it's not a theory it's literally Newtons law's

[@Ipuntmidgets1]

​@@ogrelordmalfoy202 Saying that means you don't understand the definition the scientific community takes on theories. Theories are the way the are because we cannot prove them in every possible situation beyond every possible doubt that everything about a particular tested assumption is true. The reason we treat gravity the way we have is because we have done so many rigorous tests on the subject that, while not impossible, is incredibly difficult to throw doubt onto as a general concept. Particular finer details are still being worked out by the scientific community keeping the concept itself within the theory wheelhouse. It will be a theory until every word used to describe every facet of the idea of gravity is true beyond a shadow of a doubt in all situations that could ever possibly arise. So to say that something is "Only a theory" ignores the things that have been done to prove it to be true and the time it has taken to do those things as well as the scientists that have spent their lives attempting to prove and disprove those things. Gravity is a theory, but it is also a well documented and well researched concept that has been proven time and again to be true as a concept. While every detail isn't perfect, until someone else proves a better idea, it should be treated highly.

[@aftokratory]

@@ogrelordmalfoy202 Have you every studied Physics? Then you would know that laws are DESCRIPTIONS of natural phenomena whereas theories are EXPLANATIONS. Gravity is both a theory AND a law. Theories are basically explanations for what laws describe. No theory is "just a theory". Theories must have substantial, indisputable evidence and reviewed many times before they are recognised and approved by the scientific community. Laws can also be broken, many of them are only descriptions of natural phenomena in certain situations. If you seriously don't know what theories and laws are, you are not qualified to judge science that has been proven again and again to be true.

[@Tommieboy2009]

If the intro would be enough then this would be a real short episode.

[@jazzyrick]

With a flat Earth would there even be eclipses? I mean with the sun facing the pancake of Earth in order for a shadow to be cast upon the moon it would be "behind" the Earth to begin with and nobody would be able to even see it...right?

[@k3v119]

I prefer the no-earth theory

[@user-om4vh1tw3v]

What about no-universe theory

[@relicturtle7373]

I prefer Terry prachetts disk world

[@amygibbons8461]

Hilarious

[@denji3716]

Yes

[@jorgeeliseogarcia2974]

I prefer turtle shell theory

[@aidenpadilla2012]

me: *looks through comments for a flat earther to argue with* Oh and remember that time that a group of flat earthers tried to prove the earth was flat but they proved it was round so they tampered with the evidence.

[@candacewesley4794]

Yas

[@herbertcamacho1461]

Don't know if Earth is flat... but NASA is lying. Why?

[@spidermanfan281]

Me to

[@ruuddriessen8547]

Hahaha me 2

[@aidenpadilla2012]

@@herbertcamacho1461 but they aren't.....

[@kinderx16_38]

the fact that there’s still genuine flat earthers is pretty funny to me. They’re still over there trying to grasp 3rd grade concepts. So convinced that that they are the enlightened ones and we’re all crazy. Such an insane lack of self awareness.

[@finlaydobson1294]

It’s hard to win an argument against an intellectual person but it’s impossible to win an argument against an idiot.

[@elijahtrent21]

Ain't that the truth

[@silence-humility-calmness]

That's why we must do what Neal degrass tyson says and dictate how every single person is educated so that they don't become an apostate of "science" and maybe we should force people into reeducation camps if they do not believe in mainstream science,,,for you have desecrated they sciece and you were traitorous to global warming (ops climate change) and you were blasphemous to towards science they should be sentenced to be locked up away from your family until they repent and start believing in the one true science,,(i am a sphereearther who is blasphemous towards climate change ,,most people "believe" that the earth is a sphere me included,,,flatearthers is a direct symptom of TOO much overbearing government)

[@teubert2]

@critical thinking What do you mean by "traitiorous to global warming *(ops climate change)* " ? Climate change is a result of global warming.

[@errorunknownuser4752]

Adi T is that pseudo intellectualism I spot? You're neither the idiot or the intellectual in this conversation as you lack intelligence and wisdom, You seem to be really good at spouting inane, nebulous garbage that looks intelligent though.

[@ThePandafriend]

critical thinking There is no such thing as "mainstream science". Anyone who would be able to debunk the climate change with scientific reproducable methods would gain a lot of praise. But currently most things which are most likely proving that there is in fact a climate change which humans can influence were never debunked with scientific methods. And in order to do this you don't even have to be a scientist. Just perform reproducable experiments which support your view. A theory has to be backed by something in one way or another which didn't happen to your view. Will it happen? I don't know, but my personal view is that it's very unlikely.

[@yaren398]

I'm convinced flat earthers are just people that feel like they never got enough attention as a kid and this is how they're getting the attention now.

[@federom2012]

Yeah, or it could be they got way too much attention and this entitlement is what gives them such confidence. I think there's also some sort of need for validation. Flat earthers are almost never a group of people with higher education and saying that this is all wrong provides with the illusion of feeling smarter and more informed than the average population and also smarter than the scientist themselves, since their science is "fake". It all comes down to ego.

[@KatKevaKelise]

Also there’s an element of fear in there too. I’m not sure WHAT they’re scared of, but it’s evident nonetheless.

[@ericwilliams1659]

I just assumed it started as a joke on the internet and others joined in. F.E. also tend to believe in other conspiracies ( but not aliens so how ) , obviously fake moon landing, NASA is just lying about everything, the great mud flood, tartary empire, gravity is a lie ( buoyancy makes things fall ), NWO spreading lies to stay in control, No satellite exist ( it is all done by cell towers ). Newest one I heard from an FE was some mountains are proof of Giants and titans and we have fossilization wrong.

[@enzoiguess340]

I'm convinced flat earthers are just people who are desperate to feel like they arent worthless. In all the conspiracy videos I've seen they always mention the reason for the government lying is to make us feel as if we dont matter and as if we arent at the center of the universe. It's a bunch of people who cant accept that the universe is void of meaning

[@richardblack9067]

The fact of insurmountable PROOF of Flat Earth is exactly what makes him so desperate-unlike you, who have less than ZERO knowledge of that which you mock. Wait. TRUTH INEVITABLY WINS.

[@nezptune]

2 of my older sisters think the earth is flat, and my 2nd oldest sisters reason is she doesnt how the water isnt falling off.. i tried explaining to her but she wont listen.

[@kitcanyon658]

I hope your sisters are at least pretty...for their sakes.

[@nezptune]

@@kitcanyon658 no they’re very pretty but not the smartest

[@kitcanyon658]

@@nezptune : That's too bad they fell for FE. Hopefully they are not QAnon nuts as well.

[@louniversel3381]

Show me a flat bubble and I will consider a flat earth.

[@gplgs4640]

The thing that baffles me the most is that our ancestors, with absolutely no modern-day technology to help them, calculated the circumference of the earth nearly perfectly by using nothing but the angle of shadows and the curvature of the planet, while people in the modern day with access to every ounce of information in the world think that the Earth is flat because… water doesn’t stay on a basketball.

[@varyolla435]

Focus on the obvious here = the ancients *WANTED* answers. Moral of the story: Flerfs do not ask questions because they do not want answers. Their minds are made up and thus everything which follows becomes = circular reasoning towards that end. So ancient people recognized questions and sought answers...........whereas these imbeciles today assume they have the answer and dismiss what they see to never ask the question. They are trapped in the maelstrom of circular reasoning from which few ever escape: _"Things are real and hence true because that is what I choose to believe = and because that is what I choose to believe - things must therefore be real and hence true..............."_ Round and round and round they go. lol!

[@leighjordine4031]

Our ancestors never figured the earth is the round it's fake history like the ball flying through space.

[@gplgs4640]

@@leighjordine4031 Someone dumb enough to think that the earth defies all laws of gravity and is flat doesn’t have a say in what history is or is not. Shut up.

[@luistartabu1903]

OMG the basketball experiment gets me everytime! 😂😂 poor things

[@jaanraamboh-8602]

Indeed... And over 2,000 years ago when Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the earth very precisely using just sticks, shadows & trigonometry, the value he calculated for the circumference was only off by about 2% when compared to modern measurements! A margin of error of 2% is EXTREMELY impressive considering we have satellites & supercomputers to aid us today & Eratosthenes only had some sticks, some shadows & a brilliant head on his shoulders!

[@richiedebosspoptarts3583]

You can send a flat earther to space and they will say they're in a simulation

[@cherrydragon3120]

Put them outside the spaceship and see if they still think that after a few minutes of space walking.

[@mpred8606]

@@cherrydragon3120 they'll think their on a zero g plane or whatever and also say windows are curved

[@anlumo1]

@@cherrydragon3120 If you don't give them a space suit for it, they sure won't think that after a few minutes.

[@spacedout4061]

throw them off the edge

[@jimphaldiahanwashcanzarqui1039]

Thare***

[@Anita_Dick]

Columbus knew the Earth was round. That's why he went to the west expecting to encounter India. What they didnt know is the there was an entire continent in the midle.

[@BrandonHardaker]

It's a simple fact; the Earth is spherical.

[@Globeisahoaxx]

It’s a simple fact; the Earth is not spherical

[@Matuse]

@@Globeisahoaxx You will never make a factual statement, troll. Plus, you already admitted that the Earth is a globe. I have the screenshot, because we both know you are a coward who will just delete the post.

[@mattfoley6082]

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge'.” Issac Asimov

[@conors4430]

Matt Foley and if you try to tell me otherwise it’s apparently because you are trying to make America like Soviet Russia lmao. 2+2 equals four is just a lefty plot apparently

[@JG-zn1yj]

These are bots .. they are just auto responses designed to mock flat earth supporters . Truth is MILLIONS know nasa is FULL of absolute crap and degrasse Tyson is a compete COWARD for not debating Eric dubay

[@kuroshin1014]

@Bobby J Bear Please, I beg of you to just take a class of physics. Even the general education physics lab has the students compare theoretical results to experimental ones. If you can explain the most basic velocity problems and trajectory without gravity then we can talk.

[@garfishsmith9037]

@Bobby J Bear Why don't you pull the moon back when is disappears behind the horizon. Those P9000 videos don't actually pull anything back from the horizon. They go from full tele when you can see the boat and zoom wide until it disappears, and then reverse it. Convincing trick if you have no Idea of what you are looking at, the boat is just too small to see .at hte wide end of the zoom. childish at best. there are plenty of videos taken with P9000 where the zoom is set to max and the ship can be seen to go over the horizon and disappear. cheers

[@garfishsmith9037]

@Bobby J Bear P what ever , that is irrelevant,you are merely avoiding the issue of the footage being misinterpreted and ignoring footage that clearly shows you are wrong. I have seen the so called pulling boats back from the horizon, and that happens because the boat in question never is actually over the horizon. and you haven't answered why can't you pull the moon back???? don't even think of saying perspective as you guys twist that concept to fit whatever hair brained idea you see on you tube. I am a working photographer and I consider those cameras nothing more than interesting toys.

[@BeerdyBruceLeeCentral]

People don't seriously believe the earth is flat do they? It must be some sort of joke or just trolling.

[@jeffreythelad8398]

I don’t know man some people are really dumb

[@walterburnett9297]

VeroMithril: That's easy for you to say.

[@tobiaspetersson6446]

Beerdy - Bruce Lee Central no

[@transeeyou885]

trust me they are serious. check it out on utube. basicaly their argument is that every proof u show them its fake cus its a conspiracy. the gouv is hiding the facts lol

[@dragonrider71103]

I fucking wish this was a joke...

[@adriaandoelman2577]

imagine if we'd all learn to validate evidence and be a little more aware of our cognitive biases...

[@adriaandoelman2577]

we would all be atheists.

[@clubredken13]

I debated with a flat earther once and he called me a baller. So I looked down and I thought.. .alright!

[@rinse-esnir4010]

Yeah, for some reason, they believe that they are insulting us with that 😂

[@manuell3505]

I happen to be a zionistic NWO ball worshipper. Can't help it, they taught me that at elementary school.

[@grantschade2072]

I’ve been called a globie on reddit

[@andrewtodaro2874]

Can’t they just call us Globalists!

[@DEVAofficial]

Flat earthers: sending a man to the moon is laughable! science is a sham! **sits at home on computer using the internet, answers phone call from fellow flat earther to attend event, jumps on plane, enjoys inflight entertainment and flies to other city, orders uber car, gets lost so uses gps to locate building, suffers heart attack on the way, is brought back to life by doctors at the hospital, finally makes it to event just in time to mock science**

[@goose300183]

lol "science is just a theory"

[@DEVAofficial]

goose183 meanwhile theyre only coming with a hypothesis. (Haha im a geek 🤓)

[@DEVAofficial]

Yusuf Best arent all flat earther arguments against globe science also strawman arguments?

[@DEVAofficial]

Yusuf Best i dont understand that statement. Ice is ‘stationary water’. Oceans are definitely not stationary. Theyre constantly moving, up and down, back and forth, waves, currents, high and low tides. Much more in a storm or earthquake. And u can see water bending here kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHnChGCsfd6kZ6s

[@DEVAofficial]

Yusuf Best Oh and if u overfill a water glass u can clearly see the water level around the edge forms a curve (or it bends) from the horizontal water level to the rim of the glass

[@hangbrand8199]

7:05 but how to think! Love it

[@ethantalbot3015]

he’s a perfect little puppy for them

[@mountain_dweller]

I have always been fascinated by flat earth theory, I don’t believe it but I’m fascinated at how far some people will go in an attempt to prove that the Earth is flat, using the exact opposite of the scientific method. I’m pretty sure that if you have critical thinking skills and you watch any of Professor Dave’s flat earth videos you will clearly see why the Earth is a sphere. I do know a couple of people that appear to be intelligent and rational and yet they buy into the flat earth model, I am baffled and intrigued.

[@johnnywilliams6217]

Oh behalf of the majority of mankind I'm so sorry you had to make this video. Your time and expertise are much more needed in real science.

[@Luminite-hx3zs]

The Earth is obviously triangle.

[@cripwalker665]

*X-Files Intensifies*

[@yourboyian4798]

Pyramid

[@Luminite-hx3zs]

I swear if this starts a new conspiracy.

[@raginbakin1430]

Are you serious? That's so stupid! It's obviously a pentagon.

[@hexphia6413]

Eric Huang For maximum efficiency lol

[@FyreMunky69]

“The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and Stupidity.” -Harlan Ellison.

[@anthonywalker6276]

What do you mean by Columbus pre-dates era of experimentation? What about Eratosthenes etc?

[@rudde7251]

My mother taught me a neat tricks when I was young. If you're at the ocean during a sunset, lay flat on your belly in the sand watching it, the moment the sun disappear rise up rapidly and you can see the sun disappear again.

[@RandallJamesPeterson]

Rudde , I have done a larger experiment before. I was flying West and the plane was departing right after the sun set. Then it 'rose' again as we gained altitude. Then it set again, since the plane can't travel as fast as the planet rotates.

[@gavinsellars6456]

Flat earthers are happy because their theory is going 'global' 😅

[@fungoxD]

Flat earthers all aROUND the world are making conspiracy theories

[@enderman5423]

@@felixilef7649 .

[@joannpelas5101]

😂😂😂

[@sanchu6335]

Tweet by the flat earth society: we have members all over the globe

[@QueenMeowTigeress]

2funny

[@oldsharkbythesea3962]

Earth rotates around its axis at about 1,000 miles per hour. If it were to suddenly STOP rotating, would there be 1,000 mph Winds? Why or why not?

[@Alan-ez6ji]

Only fools use mph for rotation 😂 So champ, how many mph is a car engine spinning at ??? mph is a unit for speed… rotation is measured in RPM, just like for a car engine. Earth rotates at 0.00069RPM, which is exactly twice slower than the hour needle of a clock. It takes 24 hours for earth to complete one rotation. Is that fast? Do you see the hour needle of the clock moving? Is that hard to understand?

[@Matuse]

Earth rotates on it's axis 15 degrees per hour. It's very slow.

[@clipsdaily101]

if it were to instantly stop of course we would feel it dramatically. you got to think of the size. a 1,000 mph to something that big is very slow scale it down and take 24 hrs to do a spin. you are barely moving. just earth, you have to understand just how insanely massive these differences are. it would be the same as going 1000 in a car and instantly stopping. youd fly out breaking the sound barrier and get torn to shreds

[@AproposDare]

Flat Earthers is when kids get a free pass during grade school and then suddenly declare themselves geniuses ten years later after discovering how to use the internet.

[@bbqbanditd6237]

What's really depressing is that this video has 10k DISLIKES 🤦‍♂️

[@momowangle4781]

and it is likely that those 10k doofuses have the right to vote.

[@KasimTheManChild]

@@momowangle4781 it must be

[@mavfan1]

@@momowangle4781 in countries all over the world.

[@nenad-seguljev]

10K from 6.1M percent?

[@johnkallo6927]

i bet those are the FLATERS FARTS. 1000%

[@LiborTinka]

Alien 1: "Should we contact Earth?" Alien 2: "I don't know. They still have flat-earthers." Alien 1: "You are right... let's wait few more centuries..."

[@dldeanlong77]

time to wake up sheep or you'll stay stuck in there lie forever.

[@vid2ification]

@@dldeanlong77 hahahaha

[@bamagirl4234]

It's flat ! Research or don't . Have a blessed day !

[@vid2ification]

@@bamagirl4234 obviously you don't lmao

[@hamittatari5501]

Joanne Manning you obviously didn’t do your research.

[@blackpacker2149]

“ Greeks had the angles “i have never seen a more confident neil

[@siddharthtrivedi9984]

Before greek, we Indians Hindus were having it all sorted. We had temple of 9 planate, sun, moon. Aryabhatta calcukated distance between sun and earth.

[@fnafan19]

the only thing flat-earthers have to fear is... Scholarly resources, real facts, greeks and Neil

[@yazzamx6380]

I thought you was going to say "... sphere itself" ;-)

[@littlecesarv2500]

@@yazzamx6380 spfear

[@stevenlau1742]

Facts are that the earth is flat.

[@yazzamx6380]

@@stevenlau1742 - Voting up your own comment the moment you post it? Tsk tsk tsk :-) And the Earth is a globe btw :-)

[@stevenlau1742]

@@yazzamx6380 Defamating others with no reason or evidence? Tsk tsk tsk. And the earth is flat btw.

[@SteverRob]

Flat earthers claim to be "awake" Only because they slept through the most important part of their development: Education.

[@gustavvasa8757]

SteverRob home schooling will do that to you

[@z.deutch1334]

They also seem to lack common sense and critical thinking

[@NegaduckReturns]

I've noticed most people with ideas that don't make any dang sense claim to be "awake." Look at most of the conspiracy theorists. "I'm awake because I believe in something absurd," they might as well say. "You've been deceived by the status quo and the gov'mint. Baa! Sheep!" That's what they sound like.

[@ow3nzed]

Try filling a water balloon and get back to us 🤔

[@bremcurt9514]

Gustav Vasa Not necessary, if your parents aren’t religious and they are both teachers you should be able to understand just fine.

[@oldsharkbythesea3962]

Does the Earth’s atmosphere turn WITH the Earth? At the exact same time in the same direction and speed? If so, explain “Winds Speeds”.

[@warmachineuk]

You're just trolling. Someone who subscribes to Vsauce understands basic science.

[@randyschissler5791]

The Earth's atmosphere is part of the Earth, so mostly yes. The unequal heating of the surface of the planet, i.e., the temperature differences between the Equator and the Poles, combined with the Earth's rotation, is responsible for the creation and development of six major air circulation patterns, three in each hemisphere.

[@ricardoangulo3907]

😂 10 seconds is enough to respond the question lol. I love this channel

[@numbers3268]

"The Flat Earth Society has members all around the globe." ~ The Flat Earth Society

[@michagrill9432]

The Snail Lord Hahaha that doesn't mae sence AT ALL 😂

[@kariahola463]

The Snail Lord: You just might be making a joke here, I don't know. But just in case you're sort of serious somehow, a couple of questions, please: Do FE society members down south of equator see the Polaris, the center and top of the sky or dome? Why not? How does the sky rotate to FE society members down south of equator? Anticlockwise like at north? Why not?

[@tazer1918]

Sadly the quote is fake

[@bg1052]

Me when hearing that: this is why you stupid

[@grintruflet1804]

Christian flat earth retarded society. 😆

[@Vegeta12.355]

People in the 1900s: There's gonna be flying cars in the future! 2020: ThE EaRtH iS fLaT

[@magistricalbeats253]

People in 1900 didn't even knew what cars were lol

[@milhouse14]

@@magistricalbeats253 He said 1900s and not 1900.

[@orlanino]

@@magistricalbeats253 Jules Verne 1820-1905. Herbert G. Wells 1866-1946. You are obviously uneducated, which is not an issue per se, but you have no imagination. Sad!

[@magistricalbeats253]

@@orlanino and you clearly lack sense of humour, but it's not an issue, it's 2020. People get triggered on any single thing.

[@LaoZi2023]

2020: And cars can't fly!

[@VinceHiggins-OTW]

Even if it were flat, would it necessarily cast an arc shadow if properly oriented? It could be square when viewed from the top if there were four corners of the earth.