You may have heard about the flat earth
theory last two days because of rapper
B.o.b. and his beef with noted
astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
B.o.b declared his Twitter followers that
he believed the planet Earth is actually
flat and that all the nations of the
world have joined together in a massive
conspiracy to cover up this fact.
Here is how flat earthers believe the universe works.
They believe the earth is flat disc which
looks like this.
The North Pole is at the center with
antarctica forming an ice wall at the outer edges of the disk.
This is why Flat Earthers believe that the 1961 Antarctic Treaty was agreed
upon by all of the world’s nations, so no one could reach the edge of the disk.
They believe that is the reason that the UN uses this symbol.
There is a dome-like like barrier called the "firmament" which surrounds the disk.
This is an impenetrable barrier that keeps the atmosphere intact.
Flat Earthers do not believe we have ever passed this barrier.
According to flat earth theory gravity does not exist.
Instead, they believe in Universal Acceleration.
Believing that all celestial bodies are accelerating upward at a rate of 9.8 m/s squared.
They also believe earth is not actually spinning and provide counter evidence to disprove the
rotation of planet, such as, the fact that clouds in the atmosphere are not moving at the
rate of 1000 miles per hour, the rate of the earth’s rotation.
Flat Earthers believe that when Copernicus theorized that the Earth moved around the Sun, all of the world’s religions decided
to accept his theories, and rather than risk being questioned, the world’s
religions have a vested interested in furthering the Earth globe idea.
In turn, Flat Earthers believe all imagery from the space program has been
faked.
Some of the most common pieces evidence are the lack of direct commercial flights between two cities
within the southern hemisphere.
Unfortunately, and we are talking to you B.o.b., all of these theories don't explain why a ship disappears over the horizon bottom first.
