On September 25, 2017, the REN TV channel showed the release of the TV show "The Most Shocking Hypotheses" with Igor Prokopenko. The topic of the program was "the theory of the flat Earth". The authors gave the floor to those who, in the second decade of the 21st century, continue to believe that the sphericity of our native planet is a myth.
Among the heroes of the program were former NASA employee Matthew Boylan, who claimed he was forced to edit real satellite images to make the Earth appear spherical, and Pavel Sviridov, one of the most famous "flat earthers" of Russia. The latter announced his performance in the program on the Internet in the following way: “I am involved in the creation of this film. As you know, TV success is measured by ratings. Therefore, I appeal to you with a request - spread information about this film as much as possible, let as many people as possible watch it, be active, write reviews, discuss, including on the channel's forum, and then we will break through this dam of lies and silence. In the program, Sviridov claims that NASA, while demonstrating footage of astronauts from orbit, is actually using chromakey and other technologies, falsifying reality. The floor was also given to other supporters of the flat Earth from among bloggers and amateur scientists, who refuted all evidence of the sphericity of the planet.
At the same time, the real scientists were not given a word in the program, and it turned out that they had nothing to object to Sviridov and the company.
Unusual photos of the Earth from space
“Who wants to know information that is recognized by official science - this is for the natural history textbook for the fourth grade”
For many, the release of this program caused bewilderment, part of the audience did not hide their indignation. But the public experienced a real shock after it became known that the author of the program, Igor Prokopenko, became the winner of TEFI-2017 in the Educational Program nomination.
True, he received the award not for "The Most Shocking Hypotheses", but for his other project - "Military Secret".
The presentation of the award to Prokopenko immediately after the program about the "flat Earth" caused indignation among many. The journalist himself answered the critics as follows: “I have no task for a number of data that appear in my program to be recognized by official science, for one simple reason: the program is called “The Most Shocking Hypotheses”. Anyone who wants to know information that is recognized by official science is in the fourth grade natural history textbook. Those who want to know all the versions and hypotheses that exist today - from the classic to the most ridiculous and fantastic - this is for us. There is no contradiction in this."
The broadcast of The Most Shocking Hypotheses really had educational value. Thanks to him, the public learned about the existence of a not too numerous, but very active brotherhood of "strip-landers".
Rowbotham and comrades: how the "flat earthers" appeared
In the 19th century, English inventor and writer Samuel Rowbotham He wrote a book in which, based on his own experience, he proved that the Earth is flat. He popularized his theory with the help of lectures, and attracted many supporters. In the United States, Rowbotham's supporters founded the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church, which preached the idea of a flat earth.
In 1956, the International Flat Earth Society was formed. Oddly enough, but the ranks of this organization were replenished even after the flight Gagarin and the landing of American astronauts on the moon. By the way, it was the supporters of the flat Earth who actively promoted the version that the moon landing was a hoax filmed in Hollywood.
A disk of 40,000 kilometers
Supporters of the "flat Earth theory" are not stopped by the fact that even the Catholic Church has lost its positions on this issue. In 1992, the Vatican officially rehabilitated Galileo Galilei, recognizing that the Earth is not a stationary body and does revolve around the Sun. None of the prominent representatives of the traditional churches today will seriously challenge the sphericity of the planet.
However, flat earthers insist that our planet is a disk measuring 40,000 kilometers in diameter, with the North Pole at its center. In fact, there is no Antarctica and the South Pole - for the southernmost continent they take a wall of ice encircling the planet at the edges. The sun, moon and stars revolve above the surface of the earth.
Pictures from space are not considered by supporters of a flat Earth as an argument. In their opinion, the scientists of the planet are in a conspiracy, and everything that is published is a well-thought-out lie.
“I'm going down. On the same spot!"
In May 2017 an American Darryl Marble I took a building level with me on the plane and put it on the table in the back of the front seat. According to the calculations of the man, in 23 minutes of the experiment, the plane must cover 326 kilometers. According to Marble, if the Earth has a curved surface, then the trajectory of the aircraft will deviate from the horizontal by 8 kilometers. To compensate, the pilot would have to lower the aircraft's nose. But this did not happen, which means, they say, the Earth is flat. The experimenter called the existence of gravity "just a theory."
Blogger jeranism I drove my car 144 kilometers along the highway and recorded the whole way on video. According to his calculations, if the Earth were a ball, then during the journey he would rise by 1.6 kilometers. Since the road remained flat, and there were no bends, it means that no spherical Earth exists.
In July 2017, the fighter for the flat Earth became famous in Russia. Schoolboy Maxim Ozhereliev on his video channel on the Internet, he fiercely defended the version about the plane of his native planet: “Here I jumped. The earth rotates at a speed of 400 meters per second. I'm going down. On the same spot! I think why the Earth didn’t do this… move, and I didn’t fly away 400 meters somewhere?
Maxim became famous throughout Runet, but he turned out to be not a very persistent person. After users ridiculed him, he chose to delete his videos and no longer speaks on this topic.
Is the spherical earth the work of the Freemasons?
There are "flat earthers" in Russia of a more sinister order, who consider the spherical Earth an insult to faith.
“This group was created to counter pseudoscience that encroaches on the foundations of the biblical world order,” the organizers of the project say. - Why do we defend the truth about the Flat Earth? It's not that we, like all honest people, are fighting for the Truth. And not even that the plane of the Earth is obvious to anyone who has eyes and the ability to look with them. It's all about the question of trust in God... The Bible gives us a clear and precise picture of the world order. Modern science, financed by Masonic circles, denies this picture and slips its own instead, designed to confuse minds. We have a choice - who are we with? With God and the Bible, or with the Freemasons and their pseudoscience?
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Some supporters of the “flat earth theory” eventually abandon this idea, but this does not make it easier for them. One of these "researchers" named Rodney Claff told the tabloid Daily star that the Earth is really not flat, but spherical. But at the same time, it is hollow inside, and there is another Sun that feeds energy to a parallel civilization. Supporters of the new theory disagree on the question of what kind of civilization this is. According to some, we are talking about the Nazis who disappeared after the Second World War. Others believe that these are representatives of an alien civilization.
Klaff and his associates are convinced that there is a whole system of huge tunnels on Earth, through which "superhumans" move, and NASA is aware of them, but hides the truth from humanity.
In connection with all of the above, dear readers, AiF.ru wishes you not to go crazy in the new year and firmly stand with both feet on the surface of our spherical planet, relying solely on scientific knowledge.
Our reality can be much more fantastical than the wildest fantasy...
I will say right away: I do not consider myself a supporter of the version of the flat Earth. But when there are logical proofs, facts, they need to be discussed, not ignored. Today is April 1st, the Day of Laughter and Pranks. You can time this article to this date. But in every joke there is a share of a joke ... In general, I don’t think it’s right to make fakes. Therefore, in all seriousness, I collected a list of information "for" and "against" this version.
A couple of days ago, a film was released by independent researchers who conducted a series of engineering studies and experiments to confirm / refute the curvature of the Earth at a certain distance. The film was almost immediately dubbed into Russian.
original film
In short, the meaning of the film is as follows: anyone understands that the curvature of the Earth should be present in the amount of meter (s) at a distance already tens of kilometers. Allegedly for this reason, we see a ship sailing beyond the horizon.
But as shown in the film (conclusion from the experiments) - there is no curvature at all.
Observation of the well-known A. Kungurov:
Contradicts all the studies shown in the film by foreign scientists.
A similar observation
A surface curvature calculator is provided.
Why did the researchers manage to refute these calculations? Honestly, I don't know. You need to understand their research. To do this, they must put them in the public domain.
Video that explains the strange behavior of gyroscopes on airliners (horizon on autopilots) and why the gyroscope does not turn due to the rotation of the Earth:
But let's think logically. If the experiments of foreign researchers are correct, then they must be interpreted in line with two opinions: a spherical and a flat Earth:
1. Spherical Earth.
Our Earth is so huge that the curvature shows up thousands of kilometers away. At a distance of tens of kilometers, the curvature is on the order of centimeters. Then the official figures for the size of the planet lie to us.
Or: The Earth is much larger, but the inhabited part with oceans and continents is one of the honeycombs on its surface. Cellular Earth version.
The flat earth model contradicts the flight paths of airliners. In their model, planes fly in circles. As are the satellites.
What is the continent beyond the ice? More hard evidence needed!
Why are all planets and stars round? Or is it all holograms and the whole picture revolves around the Earth?
The main contradictions of the flat earth version are collected here:
2. Flat Earth.
I will not give arguments of this point of view on the world order. For those who are interested, you can find it in numerous videos on the Internet. I will give just one:
If the flat earthers are right, then we are being kept in the state described in the plot of the science fiction movie Dark City:
Or, in general, it is still more complicated and each of us lives according to the script of the film
In ancient times, the theory of a flat Earth was widespread and people had no other versions. It was believed that it was held by three elephants standing on a turtle. After a while, science was able to prove the falsity of these ideas, but there were people who believe that the planet does not have a spherical shape.
The flat earth theory today
There are ideas that the planet is actually a disk, in the center of which is the North Pole. The diameter of the Earth is a little more than 40 thousand km. Around such a disk there is a transparent dome, over which the Sun and the Moon rotate, like spotlights. According to adherents of the theory of a flat Earth, Antarctica does not exist and at the south pole is the edge of the planet, which is surrounded by an ice wall.
There is a whole community and it includes people who believe in a worldwide deception. Answering the question of whether it is true that the Earth is flat, they claim that all pictures from space are editing and photoshop abilities. Adherents of this opinion believe in a conspiracy sponsored by the Masons, aimed at hiding the real truth from all mankind on the planet. This debate has been going on for hundreds of years.
flat earth sign
Every society has its own emblem, and the flat earthers are no exception. They think the UN flag is perfect for bringing them together: on a blue background is a round image of a map of the world, with the North Pole in the center. The flat earth emblem is surrounded by two olive branches, which have symbolized peace since ancient Greece.
What is beyond the edge of the flat earth?
People, hearing about an unusual theory, begin to ask a lot of questions to understand whether it is true or not. Many are interested in, if the Earth is flat, then where is its edge, and what is beyond it. Society gives two answers to this:
- Some members are sure that the region is beyond Antarctica and is limited by a huge ice wall. It is worth noting that it is not specified what is behind it, whether there is space and other planets. As evidence, the Flat Earth Society offers to read the Antarctic Treaty, which prohibits the free exploration of these places, which is very suspicious.
- Other members of society believe that not only is the Earth actually flat, but it also has no edge, that is, people live on an endless plain. There is a certain zone beyond which a person cannot go, and this is most likely due to the environment.
Who needs a flat earth myth?
Many have asked this question, as attempts to compromise science arise from time to time in the world. Most likely, people would not pay attention to such statements, if not extensive propaganda. Finding out who benefits from the theory of a flat Earth, it is worth noting that as a result of scientific and technical progress, people begin to think differently and it becomes increasingly difficult for the authorities to control them. It is important to point out that this does not concern the rulers of states, but the level of power and ideas.
Why do people believe the earth is flat?
You can think about this topic for a long time and there are a huge number of opinions. Scientists and great minds believe that modern people who believe that the planet Earth is flat love to go against the current, looking for a catch and opposition in every statement. Many are sure that there is a certain group of people, the so-called "Masons", who control everything, and they can promote any idea into the world, including that the earth is round. All this raises doubts in modern society.
How to join a flat earth society?
The English inventor Samuel Rowbotham in the 19th century created a whole community for adherents of the theory of a flat earth. Every person can become a member. To do this, you must pay an entry fee of $10. The society will then send out its own newsletter on a regular basis. There are several main provisions of this organization:
- The center of the Earth is located at the North Pole, and the edges are in the south.
- The Flat Earth Society claims that all existing evidence of the sphericity of the planet, including astronaut flights, is just an international conspiracy by America and Russia to deceive people.
- They believe that the stars are stuck to the firmament, which is located at an altitude equal to the distance from San Francisco to Boston.
- The Moon and the Sun are not huge, and the Earth's satellite shines with its own light, and not reflected. Eclipses are caused by an obstruction by some dark object.
- The Flat Earth Society claims that all great people were adherents of their theory, but simply covered it up.
- It is believed that the belief in sphericity is a false religion.
Flat Earth Theory - Real Facts
Before putting forward the theory that the earth does not have a spherical shape, its adherents did a lot of research, examined a huge amount of photo and video material in order to have something to operate on. The main facts why the Earth is flat include the following information:
- Knowing the time of rotation of the planet around its axis and its diameter, you can easily calculate the speed of its rotation. As a result, it turns out that in a second the Earth rotates at a speed of about 0.5 km / s. Wouldn't a person notice such changes?
- Air travel is one of the most common proofs. The theory of a flat Earth raises such doubts - how can an airplane land on a specified place if it is displaced due to the movement of the planet? In addition, due to the constant rotation of the earth, the planes would not be able to reach their destination due to the headwind.
- If you throw an object up, then it will take several seconds for it to fly and fall, so if the Earth were round and rotated, then it would not fall in the same place where it was thrown.
- If the planet had the shape of a sphere, then the horizon would be curved, but in any conditions and when observing vast spaces, the line is always straight.
What do psychics say about a flat earth?
To determine where is the truth and where is the lie, it is worth considering different opinions, therefore, psychics, who, in their opinion, know all the secrets, cannot be dispensed with. The version that the Earth is flat, for people working with energies, is a fiction created in order to arouse doubts in people and gather them into a certain sect. Psychics who receive energy, including from the Earth, are sure that it is round, if this was a myth, then the energy flows would be scattered and not so powerful.
Flat Earth in the Bible
People who have read the Bible can be divided into two groups, so some are sure that it says that the earth is flat, while others assure that this is nothing more than a common misconception. Although there are many scientific facts in this holy book, information about which was not available at the time of writing the book, specifically about the flat earth, it does not say. Those who believe that the Bible says that the Earth is flat, cite the word from it - "hug" as an argument, but in Hebrew it means both "circle" and "ball".
Another refuting fact concerns the fact that the holy book states that the Earth has no point of support, and this is one of the ideas of people who came up with the legend of a flat planet. The Bible does not focus on the shape of the Earth, so it is not advisable to take this as truth. In addition, even in modern language, the word "round Earth" is used, and not spherical or spherical. The language of the Bible is not sharpened by geometric concepts.
Flat earth in the Quran
As for the main Muslim book, it uses more words that can be considered confirmation that the Earth is flat. The text contains such words and expressions related to our planet: “spread”, “made the earth a plain”, “made the earth a carpet for you”, and so on. The flat earth in Islam is confirmed by theologians, and the sky, according to them, rests on several pillars.
Flat Earth Movies
There are no films based on the theme of the flat Earth, but there are a number of films that mention this.
- "The Truman Show". The hero of the picture one day begins to understand that everything around is a deception and scenery. He is the hero of a TV show that has been running for over 30 years.
- "Men in Black". The film tells about a secret unofficial agency that controls the operation of UFOs. The main characters in one of the dialogues are talking about a flat earth.
- "Dark City". The main idea of this picture is that all people live in a world run by the elect, forcing them to believe in non-existent things.
Flat earth books
Literature has not disregarded the topic concerning the shape of our planet. Many authors have been doing research for years and have presented their own reasoning and evidence in their works.
- "Ancient Cosmologies" W. Warren. The book is voluminous and in it you can find information about the ideas regarding the structure of the Universe, Buddhists, Egyptians and other peoples. This edition contains many illustrations.
- "A hundred proofs that the Earth is not a sphere" M. Carpenter. The published work was inaccessible to the general reader for a long time. The author presented, in his opinion, objective evidence of a flat Earth.
- "Research Astronomy: The Earth is not a ball" S. Rowbotham. If you are interested in whether the earth is flat or round, then you should read this book, which describes experiments and has visual illustrations confirming that the planet is flat.
The generally accepted statement that ancient scientists considered our Earth to be flat is not entirely true. Of course, someone considered it flat, but in fact there were several versions, including one that the Earth is a ball. Today, it would seem, all points over i are placed and no one doubts that the Earth is a ball revolving around the Sun.
No matter how. Whether for the sake of laughter or for the sake of PR, or maybe for religious reasons, but the world has again split into two opposing camps on this issue. Are you surprised? If they come up to you and begin to assert that the Earth is flat, will you twist at your temple? Oh well. Is the fact that the Earth is a ball (to be precise, a geoid) and revolves around the Sun, a generally accepted theory and, it seemed, beyond doubt? It wasn't there...
What is the Earth: round or flat?
On the one hand, modern science claims that the Earth is round, and on the other hand ... At the head, perhaps, is the Flat Earth Society. The main goal is to prove that the Earth is flat, and the governments of all countries are conspiring and misleading in various ways about the sphericity of the Earth, hiding the fact that the Earth is flat.
The Flat Earth Society still finds its adherents.
The basic concepts of a flat earth society are:
The Earth is a flat disk, 40,000 kilometers in diameter, centered on the North Pole.
The sun and moon and stars move over the surface of the earth.
Gravity is denied. Free fall acceleration occurs because the Earth is moving upward with an acceleration of 9.8 m/s². Due to the curvature of space-time, this can last indefinitely.
The South Pole is gone. Antarctica is actually the icy edge of our disk - a wall encircling our world.
All photographs of the Earth from space are fakes.
The distance between objects in the southern hemisphere is actually much greater. The fact that flights between them are much faster than it should be according to the map of a flat Earth is simply explained - the crews of the airliners are involved in a conspiracy.
The Sun is something like a powerful searchlight 51 km in diameter, which circles over the Earth at a distance of 4800 km and illuminates it.
Everything that happens is an experiment on us.
All scientific institutions deliberately lie about the earth being spherical and so on.
The government is also lying - working for their masters - reptilians.
There were no flights into space, there’s nothing to say about the Moon, it’s all a hoax.
All videos about flights into space were filmed on Earth.
And off we go. Gradually, the world splits into two halves. One goes to live on a round and spherical Earth, the other - also round, but flat.
Both sides provide "irrefutable" evidence of their vision of the shape of the earth.
Here are some of the most interesting facts of the universe from the lips of both opponents.
The earth is flat because:
IN THE ZONE OF VISIBILITY THE HORIZON LINE IS FLAT
Flat-Earth Evidence: Take any photo that has a flat horizon line, not a rounded one. Ball-Earth Refutation: to see real curves of the horizon line or a plane in the frame, you need a much greater distance from the shooting point from the surface of the earth. This is clearly visible in pictures from space. flat earth response: all images from space are fakes of NASA and the like. Space does not exist. |
THE BIBLE SAYS A FLAT EARTH
Flat Earth Evidence: in many descriptions in the Bible, the earth is a flat earth.
(Daniel 4:7, 8): “The visions of my head on my bed were like this: I saw, behold, a very high tree in the middle of the earth. This tree was large and strong, and its height reached to the sky, and it was apparently up to the ends of the whole earth » -
- This expression only applies to a flat earth.
Balloon rebuttal:(published taking into account the opinions of fundamentalist Christians):
it should immediately be clarified that the Bible is not a scientific work aimed at explaining the structure of the universe. In the Holy Scriptures, this is done figuratively and in a language understandable to the common people, based on the knowledge that the people had at that time. However, when carefully read and interpreted, the Bible does not contradict modern science and does not indicate that the Earth is not spherical.
In this case, the dream of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of the Neo-Babylonian kingdom, who ruled from September 7, 605 to October 7, 562 BC, is described. e .. The tree in a dream, as it turned out from the interpretation of the dream by Daniel, is Nebuchadnezzar himself. Correctly considered the edge of the Earth should be the border of the Neo-Babylonian kingdom, for a simple reason: Nebuchadnezzar never ruled the whole Earth. In addition, it speaks of seeing, and not of direct observation.
Flat earth:
(Isaiah 42:5): “Thus says the Lord God, who made the heavens and their expanse, who spread out the earth with its products.” This can only be done with flat earth.
Balloon rebuttal:
This description refers to what is currently called the continents. Modern science, with minor reservations, considers the continents to be flat. If this action is considered applicable to a plane, this does not indicate in any way that the entire Earth is also flat.
Flat earth:there is no continuation of the dialogue from the opponent yet
(Matthew 4:8): “Again the devil takes him [Jesus] to a very high mountain and shows him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory”
This is only possible if the Earth is flat.
Balloon rebuttal(from Bible scholars and scholars):
All the highest mountains on Earth are known. Climbers climbed everything, and more than once. To consider all the “kingdoms”, alas, is not possible with any of them, and the reason is not at all that the Earth is round (this is just not a hindrance), but that it is impossible to consider anything at such a distance . But a modern person can see “all the kingdoms of the world” on a computer or smartphone monitor. However, the possibilities and abilities of Satan are far superior to human ones. In what way he showed the kingdoms and why a high mountain was needed, we do not know.
The most interesting thing is that theoretically this is how you can view the entire Earth. Don't be surprised, it's really true. This phenomenon is called diffraction. Under certain conditions, we see the horizon line much further than theoretically we should see it. This is how mirages occur. Of course, in real life, the chances of seeing something like this are incredibly small. After all, this requires a certain air temperature, humidity, transparency and, possibly, something else. Even less likely to see the whole Earth. And absolutely insignificant - to view what you want. But who said that the devil does not know how to use this phenomenon? Showing such mirages-pictures to Jesus would be a very effective way to influence his human spiritual and sensual nature in order to achieve admiration from him. On the other hand, here, too, we can talk about seeing without direct observation.
Flat earth:there is no continuation of the dialogue from the opponent yet
(Job 38:12,13): “Have you ever in your life given orders to the morning and indicated to the dawn its place, so that it embraces ends of the earth and shook off the wicked from her…”
(Job. 37:3 ) "Under the whole sky, its peal, and its brilliance - to the ends of the earth ."
Edges can only have a plane.
Balloon rebuttal:(from Bible scholars and scholars):
The Lord speaks to Job about the unshakable, established by Him order of the alternation of day and night. It is figuratively said that the dawn disperses darkness and stops the deeds of the wicked committed at night. The expression "end of the earth" is also used by those who are well aware of the spherical shape of the Earth.
There are other references in the Bible to the edges and corners of the Earth, which can be interpreted in different ways: for example, that these are the edges of continents or countries. In addition, the Bible itself confirms that the word "earth" means dry land:
(Gen. 1:10 ) And God called the land earth and called the collection of waters the seas.
Therefore, as proof that the earth is flat, these scriptures cannot be accepted.
Flat earth:there is no continuation of the dialogue from the opponent yet
BEDFORD EXPERIMENT
Conducted in 1838 by Samuel Rowbotham. This experiment is considered the most reliable evidence.
The essence of the experiment is extremely simple. Rowbotham found a flat area of about 10 km (6 miles) on the Bedford River. He set up the telescope at a height of 20 inches (50.8 cm) from the surface of the water and began to observe the receding boat with a five-meter mast.
Throughout the movement of the boat, the mast was visible. On the basis of which Rowbotham declared that the Earth is flat.
If the earth were round, the mast would have been out of sight.
Balloon rebuttal:
uplift horizon in this case was due to the phenomenon of refraction. Due to positive refraction, the visible horizon has risen. As a result, its geographic range has increased compared to its geometric range. This made it possible to see objects hidden by the curvature of the Earth. At normal temperature, the rise of the horizon is 6-7%.
Reference: When the temperature rises too high the visible horizon can rise to the true mathematical horizon. At the same time, the earth's surface will visually straighten. The earth, to the delight of flat earthers, will become flat. Of course, only visually. The visibility range under these conditions will become infinitely large. The radius of curvature of the beam can become equal to the radius of the globe.
Reference: The Italian physicist and astronomer Grimaldi Francesco Maria (1618-1663) is considered the discoverer of the refraction of light.
Naturally, Samuel Rowbotham was well aware of the phenomena of refraction. And it is quite logical that the published book describing experiments proving that the Earth is flat did not arouse any interest among scientists. But there were many adherents. One of Hemplen's followers even made a bet of 500 pounds (the amount, at that time, not a small amount) that he supposedly would prove to any opponent that the Earth is flat. And such an opponent was found. It was the scientist Alfred Wallace. Of course, he knew exactly what he was doing. The experiment was carried out in the same valley. But Wallace slightly changed the observation. He used an intermediate point - a bridge, on which the circle was fixed. A horizontal line was placed at the end point. The telescope, circle and line were at the same height relative to the surface of the water. If the Earth were flat, a line could be seen through the circle at its center. Naturally, this did not happen. However, Hemplen refused to pay the due amount and called Wallace a liar and a forger.
So what is Earth?
Isn't it time to tell the true story that Magellan just swam in circles, not around the Earth. Cook, in search of Antarctica, sailed along the edge of the Earth. And by the way, he was right: Antarctica does not exist! Kruzenshtern also doubted for nothing when he discovered Antarctica. After all, he just ran into an icy wall that was created so that the oceans would not flow out. It is not clear, of course, how he managed to get around our Earth disk (yes, yes, disk, let's call a spade a spade) in 751 days. Again conspiracy and falsification! He didn’t put anything on the map and didn’t go anywhere, I suppose he drank beer somewhere in Australia, and they gave him ready-made maps, they drew them in NASA. NASA is such a special organization that fools us for our billions, draws cool pictures of space, makes programs for viewing the supposedly round Earth, films hoax shows of flying into space and to the moon. Governments are in cahoots, all scientists are in cahoots, pilots are in cahoots, the police are also in the know - collusion, all smart people are also in cahoots. In short, everything is in conspiracy against honest people who understand the essence of the true universe and, finally, with the advent of the Internet, are ready to open the eyes of those who are not yet in the know.
This is what this serious problem looks like today. So what kind of Earth do we actually live on? If you know any facts, please report them in the comments. Perhaps in the article you will be able to detect inaccuracies or the need to supplement it, we also comment. And we will certainly make an addition, and possibly a continuation, taking into account all your comments and wishes. Please behave correctly, and do not send aponents to the third grade of high school or to a psychiatrist, twist your finger at the temple. Checked - not working. Only weighty arguments and evidence of a flat or spherical Earth will help save the situation.
People have known for a long time that the Earth is round, and they are finding new and new ways to show that our world is not flat. And yet, even in 2016, there are quite a few people on the planet who firmly believe that the Earth is not round. These are scary people, they tend to believe in conspiracy theories and it's hard to argue with them. But they exist. So does the Flat Earth Society. It becomes ridiculous at the mere thought of their possible arguments. But the history of our species has been interesting and quirky, disproving even well-established truths. You don't have to resort to complicated formulas to dispel the flat earth conspiracy theory.
It is enough to look around and check ten times: the Earth is definitely, inevitably, completely and absolutely not 100% flat.
Today, people already know that the Moon is not a piece of cheese and not a playful deity, but the phenomena of our satellite are well explained by modern science. But the ancient Greeks had no idea what it was, and in search of an answer, they made some astute observations that allowed people to determine the shape of our planet.
Aristotle (who made quite a few observations about the spherical nature of the Earth) noticed that during lunar eclipses (when the Earth's orbit places the planet exactly between the Sun and the Moon, producing a shadow) the shadow on the lunar surface is round. This shadow is the Earth, and the shadow cast by it directly indicates the spherical shape of the planet.
Because the Earth rotates (look up the Foucault pendulum experiment if in doubt), the oval shadow that is produced during each lunar eclipse not only tells us that the Earth is round, but also not flat.
Ships and horizon
If you have recently been to the port or just strolled along the beach, peering into the horizon, you may have noticed a very interesting phenomenon: approaching ships do not just “appear” from the horizon (as they should if the world were flat), but rather come out of the sea. The reason that ships literally "come out of the waves" is that our world is not flat, but round.
Imagine an ant walking on the surface of an orange. If you look at an orange from a close distance, nose to the fruit, you will see how the ant's body slowly rises above the horizon due to the curvature of the surface of the orange. If you do this experiment with a long road, the effect is different: the ant will slowly "materialize" into your field of vision, depending on how sharp your eyesight is.
constellation change
This observation was first made by Aristotle, who declared the Earth round, observing the change of constellations when crossing the equator.
Returning from a trip to Egypt, Aristotle noted that "stars are observed in Egypt and Cyprus, which were not seen in the northern regions." This phenomenon can only be explained by the fact that people look at the stars from a round surface. Aristotle went on to say that the sphere of the earth was "small in size, otherwise the effect of such a slight change of terrain would not have manifested itself so soon."
Shadows and sticks
If you stick a stick in the ground, it will cast a shadow. The shadow moves with the passage of time (based on this principle, the ancient people invented the sundial). If the world were flat, two sticks in different places would produce the same shadow.
But that doesn't happen. Because the earth is round, not flat.
Eratosthenes (276-194 BC) used this principle to calculate the circumference of the earth with good accuracy.
The higher, the farther you can see
Standing on a flat plateau, you look towards the horizon away from you. You strain your eyes, then take out your favorite binoculars and look through them as far as your eyes can see (using binocular lenses).
Then you climb the nearest tree - the higher the better, the main thing is not to drop the binoculars. And again look, straining your eyes, through binoculars beyond the horizon.
The higher you climb, the further you can see. Usually we tend to associate this with obstacles on Earth, when you can’t see the forest behind the trees, and freedom behind the stone jungle. But if you stand on a perfectly clear plateau, with no obstructions between you and the horizon, you will see much more from above than from the ground.
It's all about the curvature of the Earth, of course, and this would not be the case if the Earth were flat.
Airplane flight
If you've ever flown out of a country, especially far away, you must have noticed two interesting facts about airplanes and the Earth:
Planes can fly in a relatively straight line for a very long time and do not fall over the edge of the world. They can also fly around the Earth non-stop.
If you look out the window on a transatlantic flight, you will in most cases see the curvature of the earth on the horizon. The best kind of curvature was on the Concorde, but that plane is long gone. From a new plane, the horizon should be absolutely curved.
Look at other planets!
The earth is different from others, and this is indisputable. After all, we have life, and we haven't found any planets with life yet. However, all planets have similar characteristics, and it would be logical to assume that if all planets behave in a certain way or exhibit certain properties - especially if the planets are separated by distance or formed under different circumstances - then our planet is similar.
In other words, if there are so many planets that formed in different places and under different conditions, but have similar properties, most likely our planet will be one. From our observations, it became clear that the planets are round (and since we knew how they formed, we know why they have such a shape). There is no reason to think that our planet will not be the same.
In 1610, Galileo Galilei observed the rotation of the moons of Jupiter. He described them as small planets revolving around a large planet - a description (and observation) that the church did not like, as it challenged the geocentric model in which everything revolved around the Earth. This observation also showed that the planets (Jupiter, Neptune, and later Venus) are spherical and revolve around the Sun.
A flat planet (ours or any other) would be so incredible to observe that it would overturn virtually everything we know about planet formation and behavior. This will not only change everything we know about planet formation, but also about star formation (because our sun should behave differently to accommodate the flat earth theory), speed and movement of celestial bodies. In short, we don't just suspect that our Earth is round - we know it.
The existence of time zones
It's 12 midnight in Beijing now, no sun. It's 12 noon in New York. The sun is at its zenith, although it is difficult to see it under the clouds. In Adelaide, Australia, one thirty in the morning. The sun will rise very soon.
This could be explained only by the fact that the Earth is round and rotates around its own axis. At a certain moment, when the sun is shining on one part of the Earth, it is dark at the other end, and vice versa. This is where time zones come from.
Another moment. If the sun were a "spotlight" (its light fell directly on a specific area), and the world was flat, we would see the sun even if it did not shine above us. In much the same way, you can see the spotlight on the stage of the theater, while remaining in the shadows yourself. The only way to create two completely separate time zones, one of which will always be in the dark and the other in the light, is to acquire a spherical world.
Center of gravity
There is an interesting fact about our mass: it attracts things. The force of attraction (gravity) between two objects depends on their mass and the distance between them. Simply put, gravity will pull towards the center of mass of objects. To find the center of mass, you need to study the object.
Imagine a sphere. Due to the shape of the sphere, wherever you stand, there will be the same amount of sphere under you. (Imagine an ant walking on a glass ball. From the ant's point of view, the only sign of movement will be the movement of the ant's legs. The shape of the surface will not change at all.) The center of mass of a sphere is at the center of the sphere, meaning gravity pulls everything on the surface towards the center of the sphere (straight down), regardless of the object's location.
Consider a plane. The center of mass of the plane is at the center, so the force of gravity will pull everything on the surface towards the center of the plane. This means that if you are on the edge of the plane, gravity will pull you towards the center, and not down, as we are used to.
And even in Australia, apples fall from top to bottom, not from side to side.
Pictures from space
In the last 60 years of space exploration, we have launched many satellites, probes and people into space. Some of them have returned, some continue to stay in orbit and transmit beautiful images to Earth. And in all the photographs, the Earth (attention) is round.
If your child asks how we know the earth is round, take the trouble to explain.