This should not be ridiculed but seen as what it is: realizing you got something wrong and admitting that.
This is very important, because otherwise those who are in the wrong will never admit it and double down to at least still be in their old social circle.
*Flat Earther. One dude. The rest are either dumb or trolling.
And they’ll act like this guy was never one of them, and is a plant from the “globies” to trick them.
Because anything that disproves the conspiracy is actually part of the conspiracy
I think if I had a lot of fun and comradery going to my Earth is flat club on a frequent basis and drinking beer with those guys and getting patted on the back for my opinions I’d probably be pretty unwilling to let a little thing like the Earth not really being flat get in the way, it’s besides the point.
There were several of them who refused to go on the trip, which they were offered for free, and then when other people went on the trip, they claimed that footage of the trip was faked in some way.
I agree, the people are doing good, who went there and admitted the truth of what they were seeing. There’s a whole category that are even further gone than that, though, to where their brains will actively shield them against something that might threaten the whole self-referential structure.
They knew they couldn’t continue the grift they’re operating under when confronted with something they flat out denied the existence of as it goes completely against their model.
Nearly all the content creators know they’re basically cult leaders and just want their own flock to pay for their lifestyles without having to really do anything.
but then as with many conspiracies, it proved valuable to certain powerful actors who want us all to hate eachother
I think the language in his video is very important and different than “admitting defeat” with his beliefs. He just admits that he didn’t believe the 24 hour sun in the southern hemisphere, and that specific belief was proven wrong. “So what does that mean? You are going to have to figure it out yourself.” doesn’t really sound like his belief of the flat earth was defeated.
Also, this is Jeranism, who has a history of doing a bunch of legit experiments, ending up proving globe every single time, admitting as much, then just going “well that’s interesting”, and keeping believing in flat Earth anyway.
Keeps believing or keeps griefing? I think he’s smart enough to make these contraptions work and I bet he’s smart enough to game the system for an easy buck as well. Because admitting as much probably means getting a real job.
One of them claims it was “staged”. As if it’s possible to fake the Sun being visible for 24 hours. There’s no convincing people like that.
I mean it’s a lot cheaper to go to northern Canada or the Nordics if you want to experience 24h/sun (or night).
The reason they chose Antarctica is because the most often used flat earth model* has Antarctica as a ring on the “rim”.
They usually do acknowledge a 24h sun in the north existing based on that model because it would require the sun to remain central over the disc, which is geometrically not really an issue. However the southern 24h sun is not possible with that model. (Edit: Excluding some weird lensing effects or multiple suns, like some of them claim)
*Most of them will tell you they don’t have a model, because they don’t really know what “model” means.
Source: I watched too many SciManDan videos.
