A few year back, there was a Netflix documentary about flat earther. They’ve done a couple of experiment to prove that the earth is flat which (Spoiler alert) demonstrated that the earth is round.

So now that these persons have demonstrated scientifically that the earth is round. How are they doing ? Still flat-earther ? or did they give up with the amount of evidence they collected ?

  • aberrate_junior_beatnik@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    The experiment he was involved in was the gyroscope one. The documentary showed what happened after his experiment “failed”: he decided the experiment was flawed and needed to be refined.

    The aftermath of the wood slats with holes experiment at the end wasn’t shown, but based on the rest of the documentary (and the history of people with conspiratorial beliefs) it’s almost certain they did the same.

    RIP to Bob, though. I hope his friends & family are coping well.

    • DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world
      121·
      1 year ago

      he decided the experiment was flawed and needed to be refined.

      Ah yes, the scientific method:

      • Make an observation or ask a question
      • Gather background information
      • Create a hypothesis
      • Create a prediction and perform a test
      • Analyze the results and draw a conclusion
      • Share the conclusion or decide what question to ask next Discard the experiment if it doesn’t support your preconceptions
    • kevin@programming.dev
      7·
      1 year ago

      You are correct, I had forgotten about the last experiment with the light shining across a distance. For some reason I thought that the gyroscope was the one that they ended on.

      Bob may have been confused about the shape of the Earth, but he was still a person with family and friends. A good thing to remember about all of these people.