Flat Earthers Are Right About One Thing

I Watched 100 Hours Of Flat Earth Debates (So You Don’t Have To)

Andrew R. French
12 min readApr 13, 2024

I hadn’t thought too much about Flat Earth Conspiracy Theorists until recently when I began to listen to Flat Earth debates, and I realized something that shook me. I used to think that Flat Earthers were just a bunch of ignorant fools with nothing better to do than spread crazy theories, but then I began to realize that some of them had some interesting arguments that appeared to have some validity.

I watched a few of the very popular Professor Dave series of YouTube videos that seemed to debunk their theories pretty thoroughly, as well as a debate between Professor Dave and the well-known Flat Earth proponent Dave Weiss. Then I began to watch and listen to a hundred or so hours of Flat Earth debates so I could truly understand the most important aspects of the Flat Earth belief system.

Very quickly I recognized a few Flat Earth proponents that seemed to be the bright stars of the group. As with any group, some Flat Earthers are very ignorant, and others seem well-read. The ones that were well-read had at least a surface level understanding of basic…

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Andrew R. French
Andrew R. French

Written by Andrew R. French

Writer exploring the integration of the Environment, Health, and Spirituality from the perspective of Thich Nhat Hanh's concept of Interbeing.

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