Below are three examples of this reasoning:Īccording to the Flat Earth Society, it is a common misconception that Eratosthenes was measuring the radius of the earth when he performed his famous shadow experiment with two sticks stuck in the ground. Any evidence that is contrary to the evidence they have personally verified is therefore part of the conspiracy against them ergo, the vast body of contrary evidence is evidence of the vast extent of the conspiracy against them.
Put in another way, Flat-earthers believe that the only evidence they require to prove that Earth is flat is the evidence that they can personally collect, observe, and verify. Moreover, die-hard Flat-earthers believe that the conspiracy against them is a consequence of the existence of their views. It should be noted, though, that the two arguments above are the boiled-down versions of convoluted lines of reasoning that are based on (among other deviations from the scientific method) philosophical distortions, historical half-truths, the misapplication of mathematical rules, the misinterpretation/manipulation of natural phenomena and the laws of several scientific disciplines, including physics, optics, astronomy, and meteorology. – If there is a large amount of fabricated evidence that seeks to contradict the Flat Earth Theory, there must be a conspiracy against the Flat Earth Society, simply because the body of contradictory evidence is so large. Thus, if there is personally unverifiable evidence that contradicts the Flat Earth Theory, the Flat Earth Theory is an obvious truth. – If personally unverifiable evidence contradicts an obvious truth then the evidence is fabricated. In the view of the Flat Earth Society, everything that does not agree with their perspective is a conspiracy, and they use either one, or both of the following arguments to “prove” it: To draw valid conclusions, the reader needs to understand the fundamental logic used by the members of the Flat Earth Society when they defend their theories.
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