We’ve seen a lot of different conspiracy theories lately, from 5G killing people to the fact that birds aren’t real. We have also witnessed that many of the conspiracy theories focus on the Covid-19 outbreak and vaccines developed to protect people from it.
Not long ago, one of the most well-known conspiracy theories returned with a strange incident on social media. When a person who wanted to prove that the Earth is flat, accidentally proved that the Earth is round, the video he published suddenly became viral.
The flat-Earthman featured in the video does a very simple experiment and drills a hole in two fence panels exactly 5.18 meters (17 feet) above water level. She then moves the panels slightly apart from each other and inserts a light through the holes that will be captured by a camera on the other side.
If the Earth were flat, it would have been enough to stand at the same height (5.18 meters) for the light to see it pass through both holes and reach the camera. However, since the Earth is not flat, it has to stand higher due to the Earth’s curvature for light to be seen.
As you can imagine, the camera can’t see the light until its assistant raises the light above its head. The Flat-Earthist calls this “interesting” after accidentally proving the Earth’s curvature.
A Flat-Earther accidentally proves the earth is round in his own experiment pic.twitter.com/KMOtcWVEEW
— Fascinating (@fasc1nate) May 9, 2023
Recorded for the Netflix documentary Behind The Curve, the flat-Earthist isn’t the only one disappointed to set out to prove the Earth is flat. While one man was measuring with a spirit level on an airplane (while saying that gravity was just a theory, pointing out that the spirit level being level on the airplane was proof of the flatness of the Earth), another decided to sail to the edge of the Earth with a decision that changed his life in a much bigger way. He chose to take the huge step of joining the US Navy.
Still, if you want to prove that the Earth is/is not flat, there are very easy ways to test your preferred hypothesis. It is useful to do these tests yourself before the documentary team arrives at your door and see the results. Because there is a very high probability that you will be disgraced in front of the eyes of the whole world.
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