In this video we debunk the 10 most common arguments in favour of the flat Earth model that we see. The flat Earth debate has really flared up in recent months with a great deal of misinformation floating about, so we decided to refute a portion of it.
It is worth noting that there will be arguments that we haven’t addressed, but due to the sheer number of flat Earth arguments that exist it is unrealistic to expect this video to debunk every flat Earth argument. It is designed to debunk the arguments we picked (weird that I feel I have to point this out).
P.S a few times during recording we accidentally said “if the sun was flat” that is just a slip of the tongue as it had been a long recording day, I can confirm we did mean to say Earth. Sorry about that!
References
Catalog of Flat Earth Claims & Refutations – https://flatearthinsanity.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/catalog-of-flat-earth-claims-refutations.html
Behold: NASA’s first image of the whole Earth in decades – https://qz.com/458826/behold-nasas-first-image-in-decades-of-the-whole-earth/
The earth pictured by Hayabusa – http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/e/snews/2004/0519_new.shtml
Terra Orbit Coverage Illustration – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZVDuJXGpSg
Top 10 Ways to Know the Earth is Not Flat – http://www.smarterthanthat.com/astronomy/top-10-ways-to-know-the-earth-is-not-flat/
The Blue Marble – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Marble
THE BLUE MARBLE FROM APOLLO 17 – https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=55418
Refraction of Light – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR-8ZRCHCXI
Atmospheric refraction – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_refraction
Looming and similar refraction phenomena – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looming_and_similar_refraction_phenomena
Explained: Observations of Canigou, Curvature of the Earth & Atmospheric Refraction – https://www.metabunk.org/explained-observations-of-canigou-curvature-of-the-earth-atmospheric-refraction.t8688/
Gravity – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity#Tests
Tests of general relativity – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tests_of_general_relativity#Perihelion_precession_of_Mercury
Halley’s comet – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet
Differences between gravitational and electromagnetic radiation — http://www.tapir.caltech.edu/~teviet/Waves/differences.html
The electric universe theory debunked – http://neutrinodreaming.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/electric-universe-theory-debunked.html
Is gravity just electromagnetic attraction? – https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/120163/is-gravity-just-electromagnetic-attraction
International space station livestream – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzMQza8xZCc
Gravity Might Destroy The Possibility of Electromagnetic Symmetry in The Universe – http://www.sciencealert.com/magnetic-monopoles-aren-t-just-hiding-gravity-means-they-might-not-exist-at-all
Electric universe – http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Electric_Universe
How do birds fly? – https://askabiologist.asu.edu/how-do-birds-fly
Explained: Why flying isn’t impossible on a globe – https://www.metabunk.org/explained-why-flying-isnt-impossible-on-a-globe.t7971/
Explained: Why a Spirit Level on a Plane Does Not Show Curvature “Corrections” – https://www.metabunk.org/explained-why-a-spirit-level-on-a-plane-does-not-show-curvature-corrections.t8741/
Flat Earth Debunk Visualization – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uexZbunD7Jg
Crepuscular angles and the flat idea – https://www.metabunk.org/crepuscular-angles-and-the-flat-idea.t7360/
Star trails from the southern hemisphere – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-VWJHRN7cw
Polaris star rotation night sky star trials timelapse – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVTLDtaQSL8
Crux (Southern Cross) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crux
Sigma Octantis – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigma_Octantis
Pole Star – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_star
Does the North Star ever move? – http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/north-star-movement
How Polaris proves the Earth is Round – http://debunkingflatearth.blogspot.com.au/2016/02/debunking-flat-earth-how-polaris-proves.html
Can you see the Southern Cross in the northern hemisphere? – http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2010/06/17/2929420.htm
Debunked: Rivers flow uphill – https://www.metabunk.org/debunked-rivers-flow-uphill.t7783/
Flights over Antarctica – http://www.antarcticaflights.com.au/
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