“Daniel Shenton should be the most irrational man in the world. As the new president of the Flat Earth Society, you’d imagine he would also think that evolution is a scam and global warming a myth. He should argue that smoking does not cause cancer and HIV does not lead to Aids.
Yes, that Flat Earth Society, a group that has become a living metaphor for backward thinking and a refusal to face scientific facts. Yes, it is still going, and no, this isn’t an early April fool.
In fact, Shenton turns out to have resolutely mainstream views on most issues. The 33-year-old American, originally from Virginia but now living and working in London, is happy with the work of Charles Darwin. He thinks the evidence for man-made global warming is strong, and he dismisses suggestions that his own government was involved with the 9/11 terrorist attacks.”
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He is an idiot for more than one of his beliefs then
And i suppose he thinks pigs fly.
Yeah, they still exist. One of their groups are in California. My question is: haven’t they been on a plane before? You can clearly see the world is round. Go figure.
Its Turtles all the way down I tell ya!
Sounds like someone is looking for a free trip into space..
I wonder if he’s ever used Google Earth or been on a long haul flight?!
Why does Spain, and the continent of Europe look like a penis?
Btw, that’s not a general observation, I’m referring to the image chosen to represent ‘flat-earth’.
I’m not surprised this chap claims to hold ‘mainstream’ views. It’s the easiest and cheapest way to claim superiority of his other crack-pot ideas.
At least they think the earth looks like it’s a pan of sauteed goodness.
Surely people don’t still believe in this? Does the guy have some kind of learning disability? Or is it really some new age cult where he will eventually get his followers to commit mass suicide?
…and ships disappear and reappear over the horizon because……
?
Next!
yeesh! i didnt realize thomas dolby had such influence! this isnt exactly blinding us with science… :0
i think it is a matter of staying true to your principles, like “i believe only what I see with my own eyes”. This one might be really obvious but people often believe the scientists for things that even they are not sure about. For example, the author of this article believes that HIV causes AIDS which for me is retarded. There you go…
@Boris – If the earth were flat, not only would the sun be burning holes through it, it would also stretch on forever. It would also be quite difficult to ever see a horizon.
Also, HIV (a virus) causes AIDS (a syndrome). One’s a virus that causes a disease. 33.2 million people afflicted with it would probably ask you to prove otherwise.
@myself – That was perhaps a tad dramatic and simplistic. Read here for a further understanding of how HIV and AIDs work – http://www.avert.org/evidence.htm
Oh my, do they still exist? The guy is probably not on (yet/anymore). Where this weird focus from him comes from ? Interesting .. let’s do some digging in his life …
He shouldn’t believe everything he sees in Terry Gilliam pirate movies!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iakR7sB0skw&feature=related
“The 33-year-old American, originally from Virginia but now living and working in London, is happy with the work of Charles Darwin. He thinks the evidence for man-made global warming is strong, and he dismisses suggestions that his own government was involved with the 9/11 terrorist attacks.”
“Daniel Shenton … the new president of the Flat Earth Society”
How the flying fuck is that possible?
So we all might be living in the Matrix eh?
Puh-lease…
Ships disappear over the horizon (and the earth appears curved from space) because light bends in a gravitational field (as Einstein proved). All observable phenomenon are, in fact, completely consistent with a flat (yet round like a pizza pie) earth (north pole in the center, south pole is the circumference).
Obviously.
Did you know that Sir Patrick Moore, of The Sky At Night fame, is a member of the Flat Earth Society ?
I like them. I also like the people who believe that The Archers are real !
The world needs eccentics it makes life more fun.
Lighten up, they’re not doing any harm.
God Hates Globes.
http://www.vimeo.com/1731761
@jack dude, seriously if that’s the way your penis looks you should go to the doctors.
Am i the only ones having visions of their meetings being like something out of the Discworld novels
Why do people choose to formulate their perception of reality based on what they choose to believe? Believing that something is true does not make it so.
http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2010/03/reallife-flat-earthers-continue/
hrrrrr — bbooOOOja!
ZM or this and that?
well lol — smart kiddingly suprpisingly anywaysen.
Been studying your vids 5 a shor time :O
just pleasure…
I was under the impression that most of the members of the Flat Earth Society were only actually in it for the intellectual challenge of being able to try and form a coherent argument in defence of something that is absurd and obviously wrong. Sure there will be a few members who do fervently believe that the earth isn’t a sphere, but most of them are just there for the fun of the debate.