Genesis says the sun is its own light and the moon is its own light. But NASA says the
moon reflects the sun. So it's, like, someone's lying.
Flat Earth isn't a new concept. However, with the internet now making it easier for us to
share and receive information outside of mainstream sources, more people than ever are rejecting
the accepted science view that we live on a spinning globe. With Scottish flat Earth
YouTubers reaching over 2 million views and graffiti
popping up across the country, a number of Scots are now
questioning the shape of the Earth. I wanted to know what leads someone to argue with something
we widely accept to be true.
Could you do a big clap? One more clap. Perfect. According to science, we're living on a massive,
big rock hurtling through space at vast amounts of
speed. If the sun is moving this way through the...galactic arm, every year, the Earth
goes round it, has to accelerate past it. So the Earth has to be going 67,000 - God
knows how much - to get right round the Earth. And then it has... When it gets opposite here,
the Earth, it has to slow down again, because the sun is speeding away. So, you've got these
acceleration, decelerations, all going on, and you never feel a thing.
The Flat Earth International Conference is taking place in Denver, where 800 flat-Earthers from around
the world are going to meet. Going into this, I thought
flat Earth was growing quickly in Scotland, but America is getting behind flat Earth on
a totally different level. ADVERT: Bigger. Better. Higher. And still as flat as ever.
With tickets ranging between $200 and $350, I wanted to meet the people that are committing
to flat Earth to this degree.
You're going to be amazed, you're going to be blown away
at not the conspiracy theories - the conspiracy facts. CHEERING. Any crazy uncles in here?
Crazy aunts? Crazy moms? Being here for five minutes, I've met more flat-Earthers than
I have in a year of actively trying to track people down in Scotland. The scale of it is
insane and it's quite interesting to think that, like, what's
happening in here might be where Scotland's going if, you know, Andrew and John Smith
have their way. This thing is growing at an exponential rate and I don't think people
understand exactly how big this is getting.
For me, like, as a Christian, when I heard about flat Earth it literally nailed, like, so many verses
in the Bible and it brought it to life for me,
so... You can't believe in the Big Bang. You can't believe in evolution. You pretty much
are left with, at least, like, a divine entity. Well, if there is a creator, then that means
that we're special. As a matter of fact, we're the apple of God's eye. And then all those
passages that are in the ancient book of the Bible are true. The religious aspect of what's
going on here is actually something I wasn't really ready for. It's so much bigger than
I thought. I think it would be unfair to compare what's going on in Scotland to this because
it's just totally different. What was becoming clear was the ideas and theories of a global
conspiracy were more appealing to them than looking at the science. This is the biggest
conspiracy of all. This is upside down and it has a round circle with a line through
it, which means no. They just got back from the moon landing and they're like... .."When
are we done with this conference?" Like, they're trying to... They didn't look like people
that just came back from the moon. With great pleasure, I'm going to introduce... ..Logan
Paul. I try my best to avoid being ignorant and, erm, that's why I decided to
come here. Because if I'm going to do this and if I'm
going to put my name out there, I want to know the facts, right? The fact that, you
know, we haven't been to the moon in, what, over 50 years? The fact that the moon emits
its own light. I guess...I guess... ..I'm not ashamed to say, my name
is Logan Paul and I think I'm coming out of the flat Earth closet. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE.
So, YouTube star Logan Paul just got on stage and told everyone that he's a
flat-Earther. He has, across the social media, 20-plus million followers, so has the potential
to reach a lot of people. It's incredibly smart for flat Earth
to target someone like that. This could give the flat Earth
movement a lot of momentum. It was almost overwhelming to see how extreme flat Earth
had become in America and how passionate the believers were. However, I really got the
sense that I was watching a group of outsiders finding somewhere that they felt at home.
In fact, even in Scotland, there's a huge sense of community amongst believers, all
united in a shared mistrust of the mainstream. For the first time, they can be in a room,
they just can be themselves. Because, again, they're coming from all over, where maybe
they've been laughed at and ridiculed, they felt very alone. They're very empowered, being
here. People that they've looked up to, people that have inspired them and now they get to
meet, face-to-face, I think is really important. Look, because flat Earth gets such a bad rap
and so many people attack it, it's actually kind of nice seeing a safe space for everyone
to discuss flat Earth. Looking at it from another perspective, watching all of that
go unchallenged, with no-one presenting the scientific counter-argument, is honestly a
little bit scary.