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Forum Engage in conversation with our community about Flat Earth theory - or anything else you want! Wiki An information repository for all things related to Flat Earth theory. A great entry point for newcomers. Library A comprehensive collection of Flat Earth literature, consolidated in one place for everyone's benefit. Store Shop for shirts, bags, and other official Flat Earth Society merchandise with zero profit markups. Forum Engage in conversation with our community about Flat Earth theory - or anything else you want! Wiki An information repository for all things related to Flat Earth theory. A great entry point for newcomers. Library A comprehensive collection of Flat Earth literature, consolidated in one place for everyone's benefit. Store Shop for shirts, bags, and other official Flat Earth Society merchandise with zero profit markups. Status notice Scheduled maintenance, 2020-06-13 "Mad" Mike Hughes - an untimely departure. 23 Feb 2020 by Pete Svarrior Yesterday, the Flat Earth movement has lost a dear friend. Michael Hughes - inventor, daredevil, and a self-proclaimed madman, has taken one final leap into the sky in a self-constructed steam-powered rocket as part of a Science Channel series he was to star in. He lost his life in a tragic accident A Guinness World Record holder for the longest limousine ramp jump , Mike never shied away from controversy and danger. It coursed through his veins. His bold, outspoken attitude will be greatly missed by all. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family in these trying times. It is my hope that Mike has found whatever it was he was looking for in this crazy world. Godspeed, Michael, you glorious bastard. 0 comments Hello, Flat Earth FC! 01 Jul 2019 by Pete Svarrior While this may be old news to our followers on Twitter, it is my pleasure to announce that as of a few days ago, the Flat Earth movement's own football club is ready to kick off! The Spanish football team formerly known as Móstoles Balompie has been officially renamed to Flat Earth FC by its president, Javi Poves. Poves provided the following comments for Marca , a Spanish daily sport newsletter: We are born to unite the voices of millions of flat earth movement followers and all those people who are looking for answers. Football is the most popular sport and has the most impact worldwide, so creating a club dedicated to the flat earth movement is the best way to have a constant presence in the media. This will also be the first football club associated with a cause and an idea, without having a specific location. Professional football clubs are subject not only to a nation, but also to a city. Flat Earth FC is the first football club whose followers are united by the most important thing, which is an idea. Godspeed, FEFC. Your friends at the Flat Earth Society wish you nothing but success! 0 comments On "Behind The Curve" 01 Mar 2019 by Tom Bishop It has come to our attention that a documentary titled Behind the Curve has appeared on Netflix and is introducing significant numbers of new people into the Flat Earth discussions. After viewing this piece we feel that the work depicts a poorly researched Flat Earth Theory. It should be noted that the Flat Earth Society was not consulted with the science of the documentary and that the topics discussed should be further researched. Questions have come up about the light experiment at the end of the film. We point to the following from an account of a self-proclaimed Round Earth proponent who was present at the Jeran event [ archive link ] : "In about 10 tries, with the light held waist-high at 17 feet above water we never clearly saw it through the center panel hole. On one of the attempts, maybe the fourth of ten, we clearly saw it when Enrique lifted it over his head. On that one, Jeran asked him to raise it and lower it a few times, and it would appear when Enrique raised it and vanish when he lowered it. That was the "gasp" moment. Jeran said, "that's interesting." I noted it was the prediction for a round Earth. When they repeated the whole procedure, it did not happen again. I suggested having Enrique move from side-to-side a bit when occluded by the panel, in case it was lateral alignment that was off. Jeran accepted the suggestion, but it made no observable difference." Of about ten observations, the fourth observation was the only one where the event occurred, and the only one which was published in the documentary. Nine of the ten trials did not see the event. The above description of inconsistency suggests the presence of curving light rays in the experiment—refraction. The manner in which the experiment was portrayed in the film by the producers further suggests dishonesty. The documentary does not show the times the event did not occur. Misrepresentation of this nature is called scientific fraud . Had the results of all ten trials been honestly presented it would have, assuredly, been a far different segment. It should be noted that time lapse photography has shown that the curvature of light rays across long distances can be a regular occurrence. Since ancient times, mankind has used this inconsistent effect as a primary piece of evidence that the Earth was spherical 1 . Per the Ring Laser Gyroscope, the claim that this device can see the rotation of the Earth is the latest in the controversy between Copernicans and Anti-Copernicans on the matter of the Earth's rotation. From the era of Ptolemy, to Tycho Brahe, to conflicts of the Victorian Era, and even to attempts in present day, science has been engaged in the attempt of finding direct and conclusive evidence for the rotation of the Earth 2 . When assessing the Ring Laser Gyroscope studies of Earth's rotation, we find that the device does not appear to be measuring the Earth's rotation directly 3 . Regarding other social aspects of the film as presented by Delta-v Productions, we may only comment that it is a non-compelling argument to consult with psychologists rather than to seek the consultation of scientists and experimenters on combating the Flat Earth movement and demonstrating truth on empirical grounds. values scientific integrity and demands direct, conclusive, and repeatable evidence that our Earth is a globe. Footnotes: 1 Sinking Ship Effect Caused by Refraction - Information on the Sinking Ship Effect 2 Coriolis Effect - Information on the Coriolis Effect and historical attempts to determine rotation 3 Ring Laser Gyroscope - Resource on the claim of the Ring Laser Gyroscope observing Earth's rotation 3 comments Password hashing update and withdrawal of Tapatalk support 02 Feb 2019 by Pete Svarrior We've made some changes to the forum's password security. This is a proactive move to resolve a potential SMF vulnerability which the software's original maintainers appear to be ignoring. I've covered this in slightly more detail in this Technology & Information thread . To benefit from the update, please log out from the forum and log back in. You shouldn't notice any changes, but if anything does go wrong, please post here or e-mail admin@tfes.org. While working on this, we also decided to withdraw support of Tapatalk. It appears that this service is not popular (with only 1 active user over the past 5 months, and 0 users in the last month), and it's proving to be a continuous maintenance burden. Tapatalk's use case should be pretty much entirely covered by our mobile design, but if you have any concerns with this, please let us know and we'll investigate alternatives. 0 comments We've got five years, stuck on my eyes 01 Dec 2018 by Пардисфла Five years ago to the minute, I asked for help in building the best damn Flat Earth discussion forum on the web. The growth and success we've seen since then is more amazing than any of us ever could have hoped for. The number of people who've helped make this place what it is is too numerous to mention, but here are some high points: Our forum growth is accelerating both...