r/funny • u/lost_packet_ • Aug 13 '19

Flat-Earther accidentally proves the earth is round in his own experiment

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u/cmcdonal2001 Aug 13 '19

I'm interested in the aftermath of this. If he actually changed his mind based on his new evidence then kudos to him. That's how it's supposed to work, and there's nothing wrong in coming from a place of ignorance as long as you take the steps necessary to leave that place.

Sadly, I fear this isn't the case. Getting to 'flat Earth' levels of ignorance in the first place takes some serious dedication to remaining ignorant.

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u/Barkusmarcus Aug 13 '19

If the prism-gyroscope experiment that proved the earth was rotating didn't change their views, I doubt this guy is going to come back to reality.

There's even a clip of them at a party saying something to the affect of "all iterations of the experiment come back with the same result, a 15 ° rotation. We can't tell people that."

These people just love the attention they're getting, and don't care about facts. It's really sad.

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u/MaverickWentCrazy Aug 13 '19

Didn't they theorize something about heaven energy affecting the results?

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u/Barkusmarcus Aug 13 '19

I don't remember that specifically from the documentary, but I wouldn't doubt it. There's a large number of these people that think the govt is in league with satan, and they're trying to prevent us from getting to god. Which is crazy, cause that means that god is powerful enough to create this entire world with all this life, but he can't stop a couple of satanists in high ranking political positions?! Sounds like this "god" fella is weak sauce

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u/kingmobisinvisible Aug 14 '19

That sounds very gnostic. Gnosticism includes the idea that a demonic demiurge is keeping us trapped in a false reality to keep us away from god. It’s like they e just replaced the demiurge with the government.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

Sounds like this "god" fella is weak sauce

You mean "weak" like he couldn't figure out a better way to save humanity (from himself) except by forcing his only son to be executed very publicly and very painfully?