The Flat Earthers had their international conference yesterday and it was jaw-dropping

[Soph0571]

Flat Earthers from across the globe assembled in North Carolina last week and it was just as bizarre as you think.

The first Flat Earth Internation Conference, which drew hundreds and cost $149 per head to attend, didn't really achieve much.

The gathering aimed to reveal "the true evidence which shockingly points to our existence on a flat, stationary plane" and "debunk pseudo-scientific 'facts'" with sessions including:

Nasa and other Space Lies;
Flat Earth with the Scientific Method;
Waking Up to Mainstream Science Lies.
Mark Sargent, who has over 40,000 subscribers on his Flat Earth YouTube channel and attended the conference, told BBC News:

Nobody likes this uncomfortable feeling to be in this tiny ball, flying through space in this cast end of the universe.

[link:https://www.indy100.com/article/flat-earthers-international-conference-earth-is-a-disc-conspiracy-theories-nasa-space-8058011|

Heh

[progressoid]

1. Holy Jeebus.

I watched some of this Q&A.

[BigmanPigman]

2. I just met a person who told me this theory

on Tues. I never heard of it before and googled it then I posted it here on DU. This is interesting timing. The guy I met said what the article says almost word for word. He REALLY believed it and also started to go into the 9/11 no airplane hitting the Pentagon conspiracy theory. I wanted to ask him his opinion on fluoridation in tap water but decided to go let it go and not start something.
http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/space/the-flat-earth-theory-has-seen-a-resurgence-with-people-trying-to-prove-our-planet-is-not-a-sphere/news-story/0bd1226fbe2e2bc819ec12733591e8c9

[eppur_se_muova]

3. "Nobody likes this uncomfortable feeling ..." SRSLY ???

How many people did he survey to come to this conclusion ?

Reality is what it is, whether that's the way you believe it is or not.

[DetlefK]

4. I have a question that would have made them straight-up kill each other:

"So many guests! Welcome! Welcome! Where are you from? Now... Whose country is closest to the edge? And how long did it take you to get here to North Carolina, the center of the universe?"