Whats up everyone what is gucci.
Im your host Ayman Hasan and welcome back to most amazing top 10.
So i was in an earth science course in my last year of university where i learnt about
all the different legitimate earth theories, the flat ones the round ones, how tectonic
plates actually move how people thought they moved the whole lot.
It was one of my favourite courses no joke.
And its so interesting that so many people had so many different beliefs about something
as big as the shape of the earth.
And we still have differing beliefs today believe it or not!
So lets find out what on earth the shape of this planet is, this is the Top 10 Scary Flat
Earth Theories.
Starting us off with number 10 is the Flat Earth Society.
Yes its a thing and yes according to them theyve been gaining over 200 members a year
since 2009.
Hold onto your chairs people because im about to hit you with some news.
So the society believes the earth is a flat disc with the Arctic Circle in the middle
and Antarctica is this 150 ft giant game of thrones esque ice wall that borders the rim.
They say night and day happen because the sun and moon move in circles above the disc
and hence they illuminate different parts of the earth.
And if youre wondering about lunar eclipses, according to the society they occur because
of the antimoon.
Im not sure what that is but just stick with me.
They also believe gravity is an illusion and its not that theres a force pushing downwards,
the Earth disc actually accelerates upwards due to a force called dark energy.
They believe photographic evidence of a round earth arent reliable and have been photoshopped
and that NASA and world leaders are in a conspiracy in which theyve faked space exploration.
They base their beliefs on the empiricist approach which relies on information from
your senses.
So we go outside, the road is flat, everything is flat, so the earth must be flat.
Coming in at number 9 is Mathematics.
Reddit user unimkem101 used hypothetical maths to prove that the earth is in fact flat.
He said if the earth was truly a globe than every line of latitude below the equator would
have to measure a smaller and smaller circumference.
Which makes sense.
However if the earth was a flat plane then every line of latitude south of the equator
should measure a gradually larger and larger circumference.
Furthermore he goes on to talk about air travel.
A flight going from Johannesburg South Africa all the way to Sao Paulo Brazil should be
a simple flight across the 25th southern latitude but instead every flight goes up to London
to refuel and then to Brazil.
He says the only reason a ridiculous detour like that would make sense is if the earth
was flat and it was easy to do so.
And that i can sort of see his logic with im not gonna lie.
He ended it by citing Dr Rowbotham's experiment where he fixed 6 separate 5ft tall flags along
a shoreline.
The flags were one mile apart and he went back to the first one, stood 5 feet behind
it and looked over with a telescope and saw all the flags in a line.
His argument was that if the earth really had a 25,000 mile circumference then the flags
should have dipped slightly.
The second flag shouldve descended 8 inches, the third wouldve descended 32 and so on.
Based all on the aforementioned facts unimkem101 theorised the earth is definitely flat.
At number 8 we have Flat and Square.
In Ancient China the overarching belief amongst people was that the earth was flat and square
which ive never heard before and they actually believed the heavens were round.
Well no they had 3 theories about Heaven, the first was that it was a sphere surrounding
earth, the second was that it was an umbrella covering the earth and the third was that
it was without substance but it just had heavenly bodies floating freely through it.
Regardless of which theory you believed in, these beliefs were set in stone and undisputed
until European astronomy was introduced to them in the 17th century.
I mean how would the earth be square?
How would the countries on the bottom side of square get any sunlight since the earth
just rotates it doesnt flip so i fail to see how they wouldve gotten any sunlight.
But thats because im imagining it as a proper cube.
Am i overthinking?
I should stop.
Filling our number 7 slot is the Horizon.
Im not sure what to say about this one really so i guess ill keep quiet and let you guys
create your own opinions about it.
The Flat Earth International Conference was held in Raleigh (rah-lee) North Carolina in
2017 and hundreds of attendees were present.
All of them are obviously adamant on the belief that the earth is flat because why else would
they attend otherwise?
When one woman was asked why she thought the Earth was flat she replied by saying she had
seen over 50 hours of footage on the internet and thats what convinced her.
She went on to say she had conducted her own testing, when asked what she did she replied
by saying she went to the beach and looked at the start of the horizon and followed it
along to the end which confirmed to her that the earth was flat.
She said straight edges are flat and thus the earth is flat.
Now at number 6 is the Theory from Reddit.
Yes it is from reddit so keep your expectations at bay people but this one was posted fairly
recently only 26 days ago.
User SpartAlfresco explained their belief of a flat earth.
They claim that the earth is a flat infinite disc thats covered in ice.
Im a bit confused on what they mean by infinite does it just keep going?
If so will i ever get to visit the countries that are eons away from me on said infinite
disc?
Im not sure.
They add to it by saying the sun is a spotlight above the equator and the equator is the thing
thats circular.
Because yknow something has to be circular.
According to the user the sun warms up our section of the earth so that we have non frozen
parts, the arctic is further away from the sun so its frozen but not as frozen as Antarctica.
When asked about seasons, the user replied by saying they were a myth.
They ended their explanation with youre welcome in advance for the truth so i think ill leave
it at that too.
Coming in at number 5 is The Solar Eclipse.
If youve forgotten about it thats fine but there was a solar eclipse on the 21st of August
2017.
I love how i said its okay if youve forgotten about it before i even said anything at all
you guys were probably like forgotten what Ayman?
But anyway Flat Earthers used the eclipse as evidence that the Earth is flat.
They claimed the west to east path the eclipse took made no sense because the sun is meant
to move from east to west.
Using coins and flashlights to demonstrate they said the moons shadow should have been
bigger than the moon itself but it wasnt.
So they suspected there was something fishy going on in our orbital sphere.
Critics have shot back at them and have argued that the sun is so far away its such a diffuse
source of light that the flashlight demonstration really doesnt work.
According to them the moon is just a speck of dust in the suns light range.
And i mean theyre not wrong.
We’re a small speck of dust too.
At number 4 is the Religious Take.
Personally im not saying that there is a specific link between religion and what shape the earth
is but a lot of people believe there is.
Redditor Chamilton1509 is one of those people.
He said he grew up also believing the earth was a sphere but his friend introduced him
to the idea that perhaps the earth was flat.
He took this in and fell down a rabbit hole of researching the theory for a year as well
as looking at scriptures in the Bible.
Now he believes that the earth is a simple flat surface with a dome shaped ceiling and
walls.
He goes on to say the Bible also supports this and that many verses state the earth
is flat.
It says heaven is above and earth is below, god sits above the earth and his throne is
in heaven and the earth is his footstool.
He claims there are dozens and dozens of scriptures that support this belief and that its stupid
for us to blindly trust what the government tells us.
Fair enough
Filling our number 3 slot is Ancient Thought.
Now its no surprise that many ancient civilisations believed the earth was flat at one point.
In Egyptian and Mesopotamian thought they believed the earth was a disc floating in
the ocean.
Israelites also believed the Earth was a floating disc and that an arched firmament in the sky
separated it from heaven.
The Hebrews also believed the sky was a full solid dome that the sun, moon, stars and planets
were just embedded within.
Many historians and poets supported this theory as well.
Is it just me or does anyone else think of the The Simpsons Movie and how Springfield
was stuck in a dome when i mention the earth as a dome.
Just me?
Now at number 2 is Norse belief.
Now i didnt add this onto the previous one because honestly their belief was quite different
from other ancient peoples so i thought they should be separated.
Norse and Germanic people believed the earth was flat too and that it was surrounded by
an ocean, with the axis mundi which means the center of the world.
Its what they believed to be the connection between heaven and Earth sort of like Earth's
umbilical cord if you will.
And you could use the axis mundi to travel between the lower and high realms.
They believed that the world tree which was called Yggdrasil
(igg-dre-sil) was meant to connect the 9 worlds and that it was positioned in the center as
well or the Irminsul which was a sacred pillar.
But the most interesting part of their belief system was that they believed a snake called
Jormungandr lived in the impassable sea around the earth.
It was meant to be so large that it was able to surround the whole earth and grasp its
owl tail.
And finally at number 1 is the UN Logo. if you look at the map of the earth that Flat
Earthers believe to be true it looks exactly the same as the world shown in the UN logo.
Flat Earthers have even cited the logo as evidence of the NASA and world leader conspiracy
in which they know the earth is flat but are lying to the public about it.
Its almost like a sick joke if you think about it.
The A.E Map used in the logo is a flat earth map and its actually titled the New Standard
Map Of The World and when you look at it it says as “it is” which can only mean take
the map as it is as the full true representation of the earth.
But where is Antarctica on that map?
Antarctica is the only continent thats never been claimed so the theory also posits that
Antarctica isnt a continent it borders the earth just like the first theory states and
thats also why its not present on the UN logo.
And guys thats it for todays video!
Lemme know what you thought of these theories and also tell me whether youre a globe head
or a flat earther in the comments below.
As always guys Im your host Ayman Hasan and ill catch you next time byeeee.