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Flat-Earthers planning expedition to Antarctica.
https://nypost.com/2019/03/20/flat-earthers-planning-bizarre-antarctica-trip-to-prove-conspiracy-theory/The “Flat Earthers” plan is to sail to Antarctica to find the frozen barrier they believe marks the edge of our world.
The supposed “ice wall” is said to be a couple thousand feet thick, towers 164 feet high and surrounds the entire planet.
Next year’s trip — details of which are being kept under wraps — is being organized by the Flat Earth International Conference (FEIC).
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But many are quick to point out the ship taking them will use navigational equipment which counts on the Earth being a sphere.
Global Position Systems in particular use a network of satellites that orbit the Earth to ping off of each other and pinpoint one’s location.
The supposed “ice wall” is said to be a couple thousand feet thick, towers 164 feet high and surrounds the entire planet.
Next year’s trip — details of which are being kept under wraps — is being organized by the Flat Earth International Conference (FEIC).
...
But many are quick to point out the ship taking them will use navigational equipment which counts on the Earth being a sphere.
Global Position Systems in particular use a network of satellites that orbit the Earth to ping off of each other and pinpoint one’s location.
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They cannot be assed to fly to South-America or South-Africa or Australia to make astronomical measurements. But they somehow think they can pull off an antarctic expedition.
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They will find their way to Antarctica via formulas and instruments that only work if the Earth is a ball. Finding Antarctica in itself will be a pretty good proof that Earth is not flat.
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Here's my guesses what will happen:
- First, they will keep it under wraps how they even got there. They will make navigational measurements at sea, they will get data that proves that Earth is not flat, and then they will cover up what they found.
- There's a good chance they will end the expedition prematurely due to technical difficulties. And then blame the conspiracy.
- If they reach Antarctica, they will DEFINITELY pester lots of sailors and scientists about Flat Earth and the Ice-Wall and the conspiracy.
- If they reach Antarctica, they will DEFINITELY see the antarctic mountains at the horizon and claim that they really are the Ice-Wall.
- They will make up half-assed speculations about whatever they saw and whatever happened. E.g. if the sailors lose their patience with the Flat-Earthers and get unfriendly, those sailors really are NASA-stormtroopers in disguise who try to disencourage visitors.
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These guys are so stupid and cringe worthy, I couldn’t stomach watching more than 20 minutes of it before I had to turn it off. Total wack-a-doodle, still living with mom nut cases.
