Just a thought experiment, let's say the earth is flat, looks like many professionals would know, including

  • Pilots/ATC/sea captain

  • Land surveyor and civil engineers

  • Astronomers and Geologists, at least the one dealing with experimental data

  • Militaries, at least radar operator and artillery

Just these categories are already a lot of persons, I assume I miss a lot of others. So how many person does it make in total ? 10 % of the population ?

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[–] 45 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The ending of the Netflix documentary where the flat earthers prove the earth is round is hysterical.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Is that the one where they use the lighted poles at night and a board with a hole in it to prove the earth is flat? In that one they seemed a bit baffled and said they'd need to do the experiment again. To their credit, when they ran it again with the same results, they said they'd need to reevaluate their beliefs.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    during the credits the guy was making excuses for why it failed, did he come out later saying he was wrong?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    In the one I saw, he was definitely contemplating his beliefs after the second failed test. But that doesn't mean he didn't justify and explain away the results later. It is very difficult for people to change core beliefs, even to the point of being painful for some people. In the case of this guy, idk what he eventually decided on, because the show didn't show it.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It wasn’t the main guy but one of the guys on site doing the pole experiment. I recall him saying “that’s interesting” after confirming the test worked, proving the curvature. It sounded like he was questioning his beliefs, but during the credits he’s on a podcast or radio show making some bs up about how the test was wrong.

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