Public school teachings and scientific research have led society to believe that the Earth is spherical. As a result, most of society acknowledges this and blindly accepts the concept of global Earth rotating around the sun; although, the vast majority of the human population would not claim to have personally seen the world from beyond its borders. What most ordinary people have done, however, is explore the Earth empirically. Being empirical is defined as basing viewpoints, not on theory, but on
The Flat Earth Society The Earth, the planet that we humans call home. We are the third planet in our solar system that rotates around the sun every three-hundred and sixty-five days. This is commonly accepted fact by almost all societies. Well, all societies except for one. This last hold out is known as the Flat Earth Society, and they specifically prescribe to the belief that the Earth is flat and not round. They spread news around that NASA is lying to the public and spreading rumor around that
Wild A popular belief that has been around for many centuries is the theory that the Earth is not spherical, but rather a flat disk. The Flat Earth Society first formed in 1965 and created a platform with three main beliefs: the Earth is disk-shaped, the Earth is stationary and does not accelerate, and gravity is nonexistent and things simply fall (The Flat Earth Society). The Flat Earth Society’s belief that the Earth is shaped like a disk rather than a sphere is completely incorrect and is disproved
The flat earth conspiracy theory has emerged as a popular belief among many people around the globe, despite the fact that it goes against mainstream scientific evidence. This paper aims to provide a critical analysis of the flat earth conspiracy theory by examining its reasons and evidence and evaluating the claims put forth by the conspiracy theorists. Additionally, this paper presents six credible sources to provide evidence contradicting the flat earth claims. Introduction: The flat earth conspiracy
America’s that proved to the Old-World inhabitants that the world was not flat. However, contrary to popular belief Columbus did not become the first person to discover the Earth was not flat. Thus, many historians were trying to figure out how this misconstrued notion became so commonplace in popular culture across America. Eventually, Mano Singham discovers where he believes the myth came from and wrote it in Columbus and the Flat Earth Myth. Singham argues the myth emerges from biased American writings
China had believed in the context of a Flat Earth. This idea was widely accepted in most of the pre-scientific societies. This paper intends to discuss the history of the hypothesis: the belief of different ancient and pre-scientific communities of what the Earth looks like and the arguments of different historians, philosophers, and poets of the assumption of the flat Earth. This paper also intends to put in the picture the journey of knowing the spherical Earth, widely accepted at the present time
believe the earth is flat. Contrary to the majority view that the earth is a globe and “geoid” (or like an orange) in shape, I am persuaded that the earth is flat. I have carefully considered what I know is clearly a minority position, and here is my case for a flat earth. My source of authority is the Bible. (For evangelicals, could—or should—there be any other? Of course, we are not talking here about liberal evangelicals. They stand for nothing and fall for everything.) For evidence for a flat earth
The concept of a flat Earth would seem natural and logical to the uninformed person, a child for instance. In our daily lives, we do not perceive the curvature of the Earth’s surface, hence one of the most common arguments for the Flat Earth Theory is that “our roads are flat”. This would be an understandable conclusion to arrive at in the past, when the lack of technology prevented the collection of crucial and concrete evidence for a spherical Earth model. Yet in an age where the scientific discipline
Zack Storvick Mr. Diggins BTC English Flat Earth Controversy The Earth isn 't flat. To some that is obvious. To others it 's a bold statement. Many scientists and people argue about a topic that has a clear answer. Is the Earth Flat? Over centuries, people have debated whether or not our planet is flat. But now, with the advancements of science and technology, people still choose to believe and create groups or “societies” claiming the Earth is flat. The flat Earth idea is false due to the use of science
Should we teach the flat-earth theory in public high schools? Of course not, right? But shouldn’t schools give students both sides of this debate and teach the controversy? Well no, because there is no controversy, except in the heads of the flat-earthers. A similar feud is currently going on over whether intelligent design, another psuedoscientific “theory” should be taught in public school. Shockingly, the nonsensical argument laid out above seems to be the strongest case the intelligent design
The article “In Defense of the Flat Earth” by Daniel Shenton informs the public that, contrary to popular beliefs the Earth is flat and he will continue his mission to correct the views of the nonbelievers and the misinformed. The author and president of the Flat Earth Society structured his article to attack a widely held belief that the Earth is round and then he asks the reader how they know for sure. The author uses this tactic to make the reader feel a sense of doubt so they will question their
The article “Flat-Earthers Have a Wild New Theory About Forests” by Sam Kriss covers a new development in the interesting and unusual community of “Flat-Earthers", a group that believes that the Earth is not round, but flat. The article does a great job in summarizing what the “Flat-Earthers” believe, and the “Wild New Theory” as well. However, I feel that the article falls short in explaining why one would believe the flat earth theory. Although this is not the topic of the article, the article
Introduction Apple Inc. is Multinational Corporation that manufactures and designs computers software, hardware and other electronics. It is an American company and its corporate headquarters is in California, Cupertino, chief executive officer and the co-founder is Steve Jobs. The corporate is proverbial for its Mac OS X, Macintosh laptop computer line, very loyal user-base, iPod personal music player and the iTunes media application. The company boasts 284 retail locations come cross 10 different
Introduction Sephora was first founded in Paris 1969 by Dominique Mandonnaud who made a daring change to the way perfume and cosmetics were sold, letting the consumers try before purchasing. Instead of having sales representatives at the counter, Sephora had beauty advisors stationed at the counters to offer advice and ideas to each individual. Over the years Sephora has grown mightily, boasting over 2000 stores worldwide and employing an estimated number of 25,000 employees. To uphold the top
We as a nation have come a long way from the times of the cold war era to the current time period. The cold war system was based on division and everyone focused on one aspect which was staying away from each other. In today’s era, we have the globalization system which is all about the balance of power and how each country and/or individual can use it to their benefit. The main perk to them is the world wide web. Due to the global market place, the balance of power between nations, investors and
Generational differences Generational differences is a broad concept that means the lack of cultural adaptation between two successive generations or to the rupture and continuity of the culture of a society from generation to generation. The generation gap is known as the natural differences in beliefs, values and norms among generations. It should be noted that the difference between generations is what a group of people born between particular years and this phenomenon is quite different with
World is Flat - Thomas L. Friedman One need not be an economist or a scientist to read and understand this book, it’s written in simple terms that even a layman who can read and write can explore it with ease. The author being a journalist has included a number of interviews and talks about several encounters he had with company Pioneers, CEOs and visionaries and the experience he had as he gathered knowledge about the growth aspects of the world, which he refers to as the flatters and the flat world
Any car enthusiast can look at that title and know what this is all about, The end of a rivalry. The Subaru Impreza WRX STi and the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, two cars known for their world rally performances, raw power, and for being an affordable performance beast. These cars have been playing cat and mouse for over twentyfive years. They have similar performance numbers as in lap times, AWD, 0-60 times and around 300 horsepower, it's the biggest rivalry in the car world, and it finally came
The definition of a dystopia is “a society characterized by human misery, squalor, oppression, and disease and overcrowding”. (Dictionary.com) According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the noun ‘dystopia’ first appeared in 1952. The first citation for the word ‘dystopian’, which wasn’t seen until a decade later, was mentioned in a speech written in the House of Commons by John Stuart Mill, a Victorian philosopher, in 1868. Mill’s speech lead to ‘Dystopian’ becoming a Victorian term. (The Curious
Keeping the 9 Month School Calendar Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of advantages of keeping the current 9-month school calendar as opposed to changing to a year-round calendar. Central Idea: The notion of changing from the 9-month calendar to a year-round calendar is a popular discussion on being an improvement to improve the education system in the United States. Even though there are many advantages to this change there are also many