Like 9% of French people, YouTuber Jeran Campanella was convinced that governments and NASA were lying to us. He assured anyone who would listen that the Earth was actually flat. Despite the avalanche of scientific evidence and simple experiments proving the opposite, nothing changed his mind.
He notably assured that, the Earth being flat, it was impossible for the Sun to be present 24 hours a day at the South Pole during the austral summer. To demonstrate that he was right in front of the whole world, he led a pseudoscientific expedition, with the aim of proving that our good old earth was as flat as a pancake.
During this mission, which would still have cost $35,000, he finally admitted his mistake. Admitting on camera that he was wrong on the subject. In a live on YouTube, filmed from the shores of the South Pole this December 14, they. Recognized that the Sun was present all day “like these people said”.
An increasingly popular theory
Although people who think that the Earth is flat are often stigmatized, they now represent a large part of our fellow human beings. In France alone, 9% of citizens believe that the Earth is flat and that a global conspiracy has been telling us otherwise for centuries.
In the United States, this figure rises to 16%. In Uncle Sam's country, where freedom of expression and worship is limitless, the arguments in favor of a flat Earth mix with those of the theory of creation (Adam and Eve to put it simply) in the face of Darwinism.
How to prove that the Earth is round?
Although these ideas are finding more and more followers, it is quite easy to prove the “platists” wrong. Simple demonstrations can be done from home in just a few minutes. The most telling example to prove the curvature of the Earth is that of a sailboat.
If you see a boat on the horizon, as it moves away, its hull will disappear before its sails, proof that the Earth is round. The last thing you'll see of a boat is the top of its mast. On a flat Earth, the boat would disappear entirely, suddenly, once it is too far away to be visible.
Another fairly well-known experiment to prove that the Earth is round is that carried out by Eratostenes, a Greek scientist, to calculate its circumference. All you need is a stick and a friend. Both of you plant your stick in your garden, and note the shadow cast by it at midday.
If the Earth were flat, the two shadows must be identical. But since it is round, there will be a few degrees difference. As a bonus, with a simple rule of three, you can calculate the circumference of our planet.
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