You can’t make this stuff up.
According to several sources (Forbes, Live Science, Tech Times, etc.), the Flat Earth International Conference (FIEC) is going on a cruise in 2020. The reason? In order to prove that Earth is not a sphere, they’re going to Antarctica to look for the ice wall that holds back the ocean.
Really?
Well, no, not really. Just only sort of. Read on…
Fortunately, these sources are not 100% true. I mean, yes, these theorists are indeed going on a cruise in 2020…
…but according to the FEIC website, there’s no word on where they’re going, or what they’re going to do wherever it is that they go. But honestly, that’s kind of a moot point.
You know what the real point is of a bunch of flat earthers going on a cruise?
Cruise ships use GPS navigation. And GPS stands for Global Positioning System. Emphasis on the word “global.”
From The Guardian:
“Ships navigate based on the principle that the Earth is round,” said Henk Keijer, a former cruise ship captain who sailed all over the globe during a 23-year career.
“Nautical charts are designed with that in mind: that the Earth is round.”
GPS relies on 24 main satellites that orbit around the earth to provide positional and navigational information. According to Keijer, the mere fact that we have GPS is proof that the earth is round.
“The reason why 24 satellites were used is because on the curvature of the Earth,” Keijer said.
“A minimum of three satellites are required to determine a position. But someone located on the other side of the Earth would also like to know their position, so they also require a certain number of satellites.
“Had the Earth been flat, a total of three satellites would have been enough to provide this information to everyone on Earth. But it is not enough, because the Earth is round.”
The FEIC did not respond to The Guardian’s requests for more information about their cruise. It’s been suggested that the FEIC could potentially try to staff the cruise ship with a crew that doesn’t think the Earth is round, but Keijer suggested that would be pretty difficult.
“I have sailed 2 million miles, give or take,” he said.
“I have not encountered one sea captain who believes the Earth is flat.”
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9 comments
I wonder how these guys redeem miles for a ’round’-the-world award trip 😛 🙂
BWAAAHAHAHAhahaha!
Founder of that website says otherwise. Fake News. Verify the news before you publish and start making fun
Hi! Ummmm…did you read my entire article? What part do you think is “fake news?”
Take time to research.
Reports of Flat Earth cruise to Antarctica are ‘blatantly false’, conference founder says
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/travel/2019/03/reports-of-flat-earth-cruise-to-antarctica-is-blatantly-false-conference-founder-says.html
Thanks for the advice. I did research. That’s why I wrote that Forbes et al said that they were going to Antarctica, but there was nothing on FEIC’s website that suggested same – their website just said they were going on a cruise in 2020, not where or why. But if you read the rest of it, you’d see that wasn’t even the point of my post, LOLOL!
Again, thank-you for the advice but I am not the mistaken one in this case. Thanks!
This is that part that is false
“they’re going to Antarctica to look for the ice wall that holds back the ocean”.
I’m not saying this, the founder of the conference says so.
They’d best avoid the Pacific or they might fall off the edge of the world, and that might hurt. I wonder exactly how these flat earthers figure that you go either East or West in an airplane and end up where you began. I’m guessing they think it’s magic. Not Harry Potter magic, because those fans are too well read. More like the Salem witch burner type magic.
Personally, I’m kinda hoping they DO decide on Antarctica, so when they don’t find the wall holding back the ocean, we can hear what their excuse is 😉