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[–] atro_city@fedia.io 20 points 1 day ago (14 children)

What I never understood about this theory was: where do you fall down to? And if the moon is a sphere, why not the earth?

[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (10 children)

The flat earth is constantly accelerating "upwards", which is what creates the equivalent of sane people gravity. So it's not really falling over the edge as the Earth leaving you behind.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Yes, that's their belief. Does that mean that there is no gravity beyond earth? Also how does the sun work then? Do they believe we are geocentric, not heliocentric?

There's just so much that doesn't add up.

[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

The sun and moon are tiny and relatively close. They rotate in circles above the surface at a constant distance (don't ask why). From what I know they spend a lot more time "disproving" existing theories than finding new ones to explain their model.

[–] someacnt_@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

Moon at the exact opposite position of Sun? Man, what did minecraft do to us /j

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 7 points 1 day ago

The sun and moon are spherical flashlights? 🤣 Holy shit, that's dumb.

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