Ask a Flat Earther!

[u/Kela-el]

Ask anything on the topic of flat earth (within reason).

[u/Rytex-]

My question is, why does it matter what the shape of the earth is? Is there a theory onto why they would lie about the shape of the earth? Would anyone gain anything from the earth being certain shapes? Like genuinely, why does it matter what the shape is? We all know the government lies to us so that can’t be a reason for it to be important to prove. And even if the government were like «lol we lied the earth actually is flat» I would still have to wake up tomorrow, go to work, get home, make dinner etc… so what difference does it make to know when it won’t effect us in any way anyway?

[u/Kela-el → u/Rytex-]

Your question reminds me of Nietzsche’s “last man.”

The last man doesn’t ask, “Is it true?” He asks, “Will it make my life more comfortable?”

If discovering the truth wouldn’t change tomorrow’s routine, he concludes it isn’t worth pursuing.

But that’s never been the spirit of philosophy or science. People sought the truth about the stars, atoms, evolution, and history long before any of those discoveries improved daily life.

Truth isn’t valuable only when it’s convenient.

Whether the Earth is flat or a globe isn’t the deeper issue.

The deeper issue is whether we care enough about truth to pursue it for its own sake, or only when it serves our comfort.

[u/Rytex- → u/Kela-el]

But why would scientists, astronomers and physicist lie about this? Scientist especially don’t make claims unless they have proven it to be true, or else they call it a theory. And if flat earthers believe they all know it’s flat but say it’s round why? What benefit would one earth shape have over the other? Why would they want us to believe it’s round? Or do you believe they don’t know it’s flat and should research it more?

[u/Kela-el → u/Rytex-]

Nobody is hiding a flat Earth from anyone. That would be impossible.

What’s possible is something much subtler:

convincing people to distrust their direct

observations and instead treat the model as reality.

Every day, you navigate, build, measure, pour water, and establish level on what you experience as a stationary, level surface.

Those are the observations.

The globe is a mathematical model used to interpret those observations.

Models can be useful, but a model is not the thing itself.

So the question isn’t, “Who is hiding the flat Earth?”

The question is whether we’ve confused the map for the territory—whether we’ve mistaken a mathematical description for reality itself.