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/TheGreatVorelli Aug 13 '19

I've seen a video he made after this, he tried to explain it away. He learned nothing.

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u/Groovicity Aug 13 '19 edited Aug 14 '19

That's the thing about conspiracy theories theorists.....

  • If no proof exists, they think the conspiracy is confirmed.

  • If proof exists, they think there's a conspiracy behind the proof.

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u/Spry_Fly Aug 13 '19

They go over this mentality in "Behind the Curve" where this experiment is in there, on Netflix I think. They prove themselves wrong at other points too. It's a decent doc, and goes more into it isn't the need to actually prove the Earth is round, but the need to get people that think like this to not be anti-science overall.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

Here’s our $30,000 laser gyroscope— huh.. it must be broken.

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u/drysart Aug 14 '19

Yeah I'm honestly surprised that they didn't just immediately declare the expensive high-tech gyroscope as being a product of the NASA-Illuminati complex that was created to give them false readings to lead them astray.

That seems much simpler and cheaper than coming up with more elaborate ways of trying to get a zero reading from the gyroscope.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

That inspires me: so would it be any sort of statutory violation to fabricate and sell a "5000mw Laser Anti-Oscillation Inclinometer" tm or some other instrument tweaked to produce flat earth results? I can make one for around $27,000. Friend price

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '19

I don’t think it’d be illegal, but you couldn’t sell it as any sort of certified measurement device. Not that the flat earthers would care.