Episode 61: The Tear Down: We All Float On

CW: Free fall (I couldn’t think of more so if you want one added, let us know!)
What happens if you turn gravity off on this supposedly Flat Earth of ours? How is everything staying on the plate? How is it that the atmosphere doesn’t just float away?! Welcome the the third and last installment of the Flat Earth takedown, where Remy has this theory pinned like a bug. We conclude that without gravity, things are a bit… off. This last episode is our longest, and we hope you love it!

Let’s start off with what many people are probably looking for, which is how to debate with a Flat Earther. This link will talk you through scientific evidence relating to the horizon, space, the weather, and more!

This article is going to introduce you to Mark Sargent, someone we’ve talked about through all three of these episodes. He’s pictured in here with his little model flat earth. This article will also talk about early Flat Earth Theory and the space race.

This is another article about fighting back against the Flat Earth theory. This one comes from the physics perspective. It’s readable and not too technical as it goes into distant objects, the horizon, the history of the movement.

As this article put it, if you can believe that the Earth is flat, then you can believe everything is a lie and opens the door to so much worse theories. This article explores the dangers in these kinds of conspiracy theories.

Here is the Flat Earth Society’s own Wiki talking about Universal Acceleration for you. It talks about everything we talked about and in a little more detail if you’re interested.

Here is one of two articles about what would happen if the Earth were actually flat.

And here is the second article about what would happen if the Earth were flat.

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