If you blow away the smoke and sweep away all the fluff you will find the whole of flat earth belief resting on a elaborate humungous global conspiracy. It’s something flat earthers try to avoid addressing at all costs. They would much rather get stuck into debating gravity or some other subject that in reality they know nothing about rather than getting to grips with something that their whole belief rests on.
This is why I have long argued against the notion of the existence of any ’Flat Earth Theory’. How can any theory be built on the foundations of an elaborate fantastical global conspiracy?
Their conspiracy, crudely put, states that all the world scientists, astronomers, academic institutions, space related industries, space agencies governments….. it’s actually a very long list are all involved in a cover up to keep hidden the real truth that the earth is flat! They never actually explain the reason for this global cover up they just maintain their is one. No explanation required. This is the foundations on which their beliefs rest.
Their conspiracy states that space and all space related activities are all a sham as is all the materials produced, Videos, photographs and all other research data. They of course have to maintain everything space related is faked as the whole notion of space and space travel blows their beliefs right out of the water, hence the need for a conspiracy.
The irony is of course anyone living in the northern hemisphere with a telescope and a friend equally equipped living in the Southern Hemisphere with some time on their hands and clear skies can disprove the notion of a flat earth in a single night.
Though the fact that numerous satellites and the ISS can be clearly from the ground by anyone who cares to look up is quietly ignored.
Their main big bogey man is NASA of course, as they are a big player in their ‘fake’ space industry.
In the early days of space exploration it was NASA and the USSR. Now space ports launching satellites are relatively commonplace and this puts great strain on their unbelievable fantastical global conspiracy.
India has stepped into the breach left by Russia and is launching satellites at a a rate of knots as there is big money to be made.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-63357354The question for debate is pretty simple and it’s:-
How long can flat earthers continue to belief in this ever expanding global conspiracy on which all of their beliefs rest?
PS.
Looks like they have to add One WEB to their Global Conspiracy list along with all the people who work there....the people who designed and built the satellites, the people that launched them...etc etc. I said it was a long list growing by the day.