Posted on 03/11/2018 11:48:39 AM PDT by Simon Green
Rejecting the entire scientific community and more than 2,000 years of facts and research, people from all of the world will gather in August 2018 to discuss the theory that the Earth is flat.
Created by Robbie Davidson, the Flat Earth International Conference Canada will take place in Edmonton, Alberta, this summer. In the fall, Davidson will host a second conference in Denver, Colorado.
Davidson, who produces documentaries on YouTube exposing what he believes are false scientific claims, started the conference last year. The inaugural gathering was held in Raleigh, North Carolina. He told Newsweek that about 600 people attended in 2017 and hopes to double that figure in Denver. Only about 200 people are expected to gather for the conference in Canada.
No academic scientists can be found at Davidson’s two-day conference, and the schedule has not been released, but speakers include other flat earthers like Patricia Steere, creator of the YouTube show “Flat Earth And Other Hot Potatoes,” and musician Alex O., who goes by the alias “Flat Earth Man.”
Davidson said he would welcome scientists with opposing viewpoints on the panels and explained that not everyone in attendance is a flat Earther. Some attend out of curiosity.
“You just can’t write off all these people as stupid,” Davidson said. “There must be something bigger going on.”
He says the conference is about more than just swapping flat Earth theories and hopes it serves as an outlet to challenge the status quo. “A lot of people are just wanting to ask questions,” he said. “It’s OK to question things. That’s what science is all about: questioning.”
The flat Earth movement has gained momentum in recent years, in part due to frequent press coverage and celebrity evangelists like rapper B.o.B.
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Here’s a conspiracy theory I’d more likely believe - this movement is fake and a hype.
Why are major media hyping this so much as if it’s real or of any importance?
Very worthy of Newsweek.
Should’ve held it in Kansas, where they already believe in the Flat State theory.
How are they going to get to the conference.
Better not fly, or use GPS, etc. (Based on a Global Earth).
The Earth is FLAT, you know.
I hadn’t realized the Democrat party had changed its name
don’t burst their bubble with facts, it will only confuse them further. LOL
Yes they’ll all get on planes and ships and span the globe to get to the flat earth conference.
Careful of them gathering all in one spot, they’ll tip the Earth over.
“You just can’t write off all these people as stupid,” Davidson said. “There must be something bigger going on.”
The novelty of being different.
Newsweek is about to go belly up. Wouldn’t it be funny
if this was the last article they ever published?
Kansas is proof of time dilation where 8 hours seems like 100.
I’ve got some lunar property out in Utah to sell them.
I sense a business opportunity here. I mean, scoff all you want, but admit it - there’s a little nudging in the back of your head that tells you it would be a hoot to go to the conference. Come on, fess up...
If the earth were flat then cats would have pushed everything over the side by now.
Sooner or later, anyone who won’t toe the pseudo-science political line on global warning will be compared to flat earthers.
I’m sure there will be a seminar on how rocket thrust doesn’t work in the vacuum of space.
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