FE Conference Interview

The following is a brief interview I had with Kyle Adams at Flatoberfest 2023 which was a flat earth conference in Las Vegas. Most of the interview summarises how I came to flat earthism back in the 1990’s.

At the Flat Earth International Conference (FEIC) 2019 in Dallas, Texas, flat earther Nathan Thompson cornered heliocentric creationist Danny Faulkner. Since Nathan believes in an enclosed universe, he asked Danny “How can you have air pressure without a container?”

I have heard Mark Sargent say that his favourite flat earth proof is that the difference between air pressure and a vacuum disproves gravity. I had honestly not understood what he meant by that until Nathan Thomason’s graphic question brought it into focus. At Flatoberfest 2023, I asked Mark Sargent to expand upon that while Danny Faulkner was listening just a few feet away:

Back in 2020 creationist Danny Faulkner wrote a book about the flat earth movement which is a blanket condemnation. In my opinion agnostic heliocentrist Glenn Branch studies the flat earth movement more accurately than Faulkner and wrote a critical review of Faulkner’s book at that time. Branch has perhaps effectively filled the void left by Robert Schadewald’s death back in 2000.

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2020/06/flat-earthery-will-get-you-nowhere/