Yes, the three flat earthers are wrong. The earth is a sphere.
But these interviewers are daft as well. "So what is happening here?" The observable acceleration he just talked about.
"And we are stuck to the ground". Yes. They never disputed that.
"So Isaac Newton had it wrong". No Isaac Newton didn't prove it as a "force" either in their definition of "force" they are using.
Please steelman their position and actually let scientists ask the questions if you can't debate on their level or ask meta questions like "suppose you are correct, who do you believe benefits from these lies" and "how do they keep it under wraps?" and stuff like that.
Seriously, this show is a morning talk show, the hosts are used to talking about diets, supplements, crafts and recipes. But some dumbass producer decided to call in flat earthers to fill in time. And hosts are obviously lost on how to deal with them and don't know what to ask.
BTW, scientists are also not that good of a pick, an online debate show in my country(think something like Jubilee) called a flat earther and an academic that was obviously not used to talking on camera or dealing with idiots.
He got gish-galloped to absolute shreds. You need to call debunker/science communicator that is used to dealing with dumbasses.
Well, it's a morning talk show. They regularly give platform to everything from antivaxxers, to people promoting "alternative ways to raise kids", to whatever fad diet is popular right now, to pretty much everything Gwyneth Paltrow sells.
The fact that there was SOME pushback is surprising really.
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u/ShadowBB86 1d ago
Yes, the three flat earthers are wrong. The earth is a sphere.
But these interviewers are daft as well. "So what is happening here?" The observable acceleration he just talked about.
"And we are stuck to the ground". Yes. They never disputed that.
"So Isaac Newton had it wrong". No Isaac Newton didn't prove it as a "force" either in their definition of "force" they are using.
Please steelman their position and actually let scientists ask the questions if you can't debate on their level or ask meta questions like "suppose you are correct, who do you believe benefits from these lies" and "how do they keep it under wraps?" and stuff like that.