By this point we should all know who or what a Flat-Earther is but if you don’t, they’re people who deny all science and reason and think the earth is a flat disk spinning in space.
You’d think people with these beliefs would be few-and-far-between but you would be as wrong as they are when they say the Earth’s perimeter is just a wall of ice and that keeps the oceans from spilling.
Recently, Flat-Earthers gathered and got lots of attention at a park in Arcadia, California.
Noah Thompson, a true believer, says the Earth is “flatter than a pancake” while other “stars” of this stupid movement claim the moon and sun are actually the same size and are a lot closer to the Earth than we’ve been taught. They also say all photos of Earth from space and of astronauts at the space station are 100% fake.
Sure.
Then there’s this guy “Mad Mike” who decided he’s going to determine which is true once and for all by going up to the edge of the atmosphere in a homemade rocket to see if he can see the curve of the Earth…
So there we have it, the fate of scientific fact relies on a man in a janky rocket and his ability to see curves…
Source: CBS Sunday Morning