It might come as a surprise that there are still many people who believe that the Earth is flat…
And one of those people is conspiracy theorist Flat Earth Dave.
However, his views have come under fire recently.
As a professor ripped into his theories on a podcast.
Scroll on to watch the brutal debate…
Now, we’ve heard a lot of conspiracy theories over the years…
But, they seem to be getting crazier and crazier…
For example, some people believe a conspiracy that the moon landing was fake.
In the 1960s, during the Cold War, the USA and Russia were heavily involved in a space race. They wanted to see who could get the furthest and who could be the best.
That eventually happened in 1969 when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon and the USA claimed victory in the race, but conspiracy theorists don’t think that they really got there…
Even though 2 countries from opposite sides of the globe were involved in the race, there were several failed attempts and it is a fact, with photo evidence, they think it was fake.
Also, some people believe that King Charles is a distant descendant of Vlad the Impaler, who was the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
Let’s not forget, Dracula was a fictional novel written by Stoker in 1897. It was not a biography. However, this is enough for conspiracy theorists.
They believe, despite evidence to the contrary, that King Charles is, therefore, a vampire; a mythical creature that cannot go outside in the light and likes to feed on human flesh. Sure, that seems likely.
Then, of course, there’s the conspiracy theory that the earth is flat.
People who believe in this conspiracy don’t think you can fly around it in a circular direction and they genuinely believe that it is flat and has edges.
It’s a theory that come from a man without serious credentials named Samuel Rowbotham.
In the 19th century, Rowbotham claimed that the Earth was flat and when pulled up on it, he ran away from some questions that he couldn’t answer, refused to take part in challenges and lied when he finally had to do a test.
Yet despite that, many people now, over a century later, still think that he could be right.
But, this is one conspiracy theory that we can be sure isn’t true.
As it has been scientifically proven that the Earth is not flat.
The moon is round, the sun is round, and so is the Earth.
In fact, we have known that the Earth is not flat for over 2,000 years.
The Greek philosopher Aristotle realized that the Earth was round way back in 350 BC when he wrote On The Heavens. He made the point that simply by observing the stars we are able to tell that the Earth is round.
But despite all the evidence that the earth isn’t flat, some people still continue to believe it is…
And even go a step further by trying to prove their beliefs and often, it doesn’t end up going well, as one person recently found out…
Conspiracy theorist Flat Earth Dave recently took part in a debate with a professor over the flat earth myth.
And it’s safe to say it didn’t go well for him…
During the podcast ‘Professor Dave Humiliates Flat Earther David Weiss,’ Dave argues that the ‘theory’ the earth is round came from people he “doesn’t know.”
“You’ve never met these men, you don’t know anything about these men other than the stories that the controllers of this world tell you,” Dave said.
However, Dave was a little stumped when they started to discuss the movement of the earth.
“You think that we’re spinning at 1000 miles an hour, and we don’t feel it? And we’re changing directions?” Dave asked the professor. “How is that possible? How about when the Earth comes around towards the Sun in the winter, it’s speeding up and taking its sharpest turn, and we don’t feel any of those forces?”
The professor then argued: “Why don’t you go ahead and get in a car, and do a 360 turn and make it take a year. Are you going to feel that?
“Let’s break it down, 360 degrees, 365 days, that’s about a degree a [day] right? Why don’t you get in a car and drive for 24 hours, and over 24 hours veer by one degree. Are you going to feel that?”
Flat Earth Dave seemed slightly stunned as he processed Professor Dave’s response.
His lack of an answer was met with laughter from everyone who was in the Zoom, and although Flat Earth Dave tried to defend himself by saying he was “trying to think of the easiest way to describe it,” it didn’t look good for him.
You can watch it here.