The term “ Flat Earthers ” is usually used in a metaphorical sense , an doctrine of analogy for the great unwashed who trust similarly disbelieve , but more wide corroborate thing such asYoung Earth Creationism , vaccine - autism linksor thathumans are not regard the clime . However , even in the age of space travel and widespread usance of round the world slip , some people still could n’t bear the Earth is arch .
Many so called “ Flat Earth Societies ” have been designed tochallenge credulousness , or an self-justification to get together and wassail or talk aboutTerry Pratchett books .
More of late , the society has been “ refounded ” , including a substantialwebsiteand wiki . As oneVicereporter happen , they ’re happy to answer to any arguments for the roundness of the satellite . What is less clear is whether the modern day members really do conceive in the flatness of the Earth , or if they ’re just have a joke at everyone ’s expense , journalists included .
If they ’re hoax they clearly have no intention of let on , but there are a few thing to arouse suspicion . For one , their internet site seems signally technologically sophisticated for people who freeze off the whole of forward-looking scientific discipline . They also sella lot of ware , which might provide a reason to keep up the charade . Finally , take a look at some of the claim made on the web site . reference to " competing Flat Earth models " , and ice walls “ 40 - 50,000 foundation high ” that on the face of it no one has seen might be more indicative of some science buff having a laugh than Biblical literalists who lean to be passably certain about everything .
However , anyone who has try out debating other forms of science deniers will know that sometimes it can be hard to secern caustic remark from delusion . There seems little dubiety , for example , that there really are people who maintainthe Sunday goes round the Earthor seeEinstein ’s workplace as a liberal plot . Indeed some of these sort of idea keepworming their wayinto “ mainstream ” Global Warming demurrer .
So is the forward-looking Flat Earth Society for material ? You be the justice . “ It is also possible that NASA does not actually know that the earth is savourless and since its inception has just been faking the concept of blank space travel , never bothering ( or ineffectual ) to go any far than the edge of the atmosphere . The earth is portrayed as bout in NASA media because the general public already believes that it is pear-shaped . ”
