They assure that the Earth is flat and, with controversy, they meet this weekend – 28/02/2019

They show a firm commitment to the idea; against all scientific evidence, defend their position relentlessly. It's about those who say that planet earth is flat and not round.

Not without controversy, hundreds of people sharing this post will gather this weekend in the city of Colon in Buenos Aires. A press conference, conferences and workshops were planned for the meeting. The activities will take place in a campsite that the municipality of the city has planned for this purpose.

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And this support has cost the municipality some critics, such as the Argentine Association of Astronomy, which has complained and ratified probably the planet is a sphere.

It all began on February 20, when the municipality of Colon, located north of Buenos Aires, announced on its Facebook page that "March 2 and 3 next" will be held the "First National and International Meeting of Terraplanistas" at Lake Municipal sports complex.

"The municipality provides public space for this event, which will have the presence of people from our country but also from countries like Chile, Spain and the United States", says the text, which announced the participation of Captain Menganno," Argentinian superhero of Lanús, known for his solidarity campaigns for the benefit of Garraham Hospital. "

In a second paragraph of this text, it is written: "Terraplanism is a movement around the world who considers that the Earth is flat. During the two days of the meeting in our city, scientific conferences are announced. "

"If you ask me, the first thing I have to say is that Earth is round," he said. Telam Columbus Tourism Director Mario Quagliardi.

"[Al encuentro] We we do not sponsor himthey were simply neighbors of Colón who asked us to camp for this meeting and we interpreted that we did not have to say no because we lent it to bikers, evangelists or Adventists"added the official.

But the controversy was already settled and the Argentinean Association of Astronomy has issued a statement in which it expresses its "your deep concern" for the meeting of the terraplanistas. "Promotion, from public institutions, of activities that claim to claim clearly erroneous ideas rejected centuries ago "As the flatness of the Earth – is unacceptable," said the entity.

"Even more in the context of underfunding that currently suffers from all the scientific apparatus and technology of the country, "the badociation added.

Quagliardi said that the municipality of Colón did not sponsor the event and that she had even rejected a request from the terraplanistas asking for the intention to pay the fuel costs and declare the meeting "an interest municipal".

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Although there are different currents of movement, the terraplanistas maintain that there is no evidence to certify that the Earth is spherical and agree to use the flat hand at the chest as a greeting. Last year, another "international meeting" was held in Denver, United States.

"We consider that it is very worrying that public institutions or governments encourage demonstrations in which one of the main badumptions is that scientific results are subject to opinion"The astronomers have complained of the appointment that, according to the municipality, will gather about 300 people, including the writer Pablo Ramos and Alfio Basile Junior, the son of the former football player and coach Alfio" Coco "Basil.

Source: Tel.

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