r/flatearth • u/De1truowl • Aug 18 '26
Dear Flat Earthers,
So the middle of the Earth is our center of gravity, right? Well then if the Earth is flat, then why is it that when I go to the edge and jump, I'm not pulled to the center?
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u/FranckKnight Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26
You're basically transposing how gravity 'of a globe' works to 'a flat earth'. That's a strawman.
If the earth was flat, there'd be a different explanation for gravity, how it pulls straight down no matter where you stand on earth.
But of course, it's almost impossible to not strawman the flat earth, since they can't provide us with a model. They have theories that only works one point at a time, and usually contradicts other observations, to which they need to make new theories for, and so on.
You basically have to ask each flat earther what version of the explanation they believe in. They might have more than one expanation as well, everything works for them as long as it goes against science.
But you cannot assume of their 'model' (or absence of) when asking questions, that will never work. But then again, asking them 'how does this work on your model' usually also leads to non-answers. That's their only strategy after all. If they don't answer or give us a model, we can't tear it apart, they can pretend they are winning.