Flat earth: wise men in a wacky world

Netflix has released a documentary called "Behind the curve" behind the curve. They are the ones who have the argument and the evidence of the historical conspiracy "against us", which seeks to convince us that the earth is spherical, for political reasons. And economic.

The Flat Earth company, directed by Marc Sargent, has proof of the true form of the earth, flat and surrounded by an impenetrable dome: as we have a globe, it has a flat surface. The film never tries to ridicule them, but tells us their story, the emergence of Sargent, his YouTube channel, which he publishes regularly in his "scientific" guide, in order to reveal all the " lies "that we recognize, then to know how to know Patricia Steer, YouTube collaborated with them to spread an" awareness "of the reality of the flat earth and their interaction with believers like them, who met them at the end of the first Flatland World Conference in North Carolina last year. All we see is very serious, without any contempt or aggression, with the exception of those exposed to Matt Boylan, who accuses Sargent of being a mere executive director in Hollywood and working with the CIA because he claims to have the "truth" and refuse to participate in Free Public Activity.

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It is not necessary to refute the arguments of believers on flat ground, but the documentary is aware of their own scientific legacy. Money has proved that the Earth was flat tracking the escape movement and analyzed and refuted to refute the arguments scientists, and pointed out that if the Earth was spherical, we could not see a city about ten kilometers away? Quite simply, it's flat, directly, to the naked eye, and even one of the faithful has invented a motorcycle dedicated to walking on flat ground, which must be useful one day. When we see the views of the "ulema", we see them laughing, without presenting counter-arguments, but rather by calling them "false science".

In the confrontation between the two groups, the film refers to the difference between science and science: it comes from personal knowledge, and the more arrogant, the more he believes he has information on a subject, he is convinced that he is "real" and "scientific". Methodology; Sergeant presents his arguments by ignoring the scientific legacy, relying on popular culture and consumerism. And the more he continues to explain his "science", the characteristics of conspiracy theory are reflected in what he says, and applied science becomes a form of hegemony in order to preserve the great falsehood that is the sphere of the earth.

Interestingly, non-knowledge is a mass, a collection, and most importantly, it is convincing, its arguments understandable to all, possess the characteristics of advertising, shocking you without any proof. Just interesting claims and language trainings, as well as everyday and available tools that believers do not think have been used by scientists because they are conspirators and work for intelligence and Hollywood.

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Believers of the flat country fit into a series of conspiracy theories, which find an audience among the groups that do not have a "politically correct" character to launch them. As the number of "believers" and their appearances increase, the film transforms us into a political situation and how populist It is a phenomenon that draws attention by relying on simple messages, easy to understand, which do not belong to science, but to DIY concept. This leads us to compare with Donald Trump, who offers simple solutions to all problems. For example, to stop migrants, we will build a wall! A simple and imaginable solution possible. We understand here what the film tries to refer to, even indirectly: people come together and their appearance is a guaranteed right, leaving an impact on the world. But what would happen if the absurdities became a legitimate authority? What was the result?

There is a very ironic structure in the film: we see the believers in the dish, visiting the NASA museum and mocking the spaceship that they think are sent empty into space to deceive people. . The museum and its "science" are evidence of a great conspiracy, "the experience" is appropriate, and it is here that begins the thrill: will this group of scientists really prove that the Earth is flat?

What happened was that their first attempt to launch a laser beam between two columns failed because they did not have an industrial laser and their calculations were not accurate. However, having re-experimented with the natural light diffused between two columns, and a few seconds before the end of the film, prove without knowing that the Earth is spherical as the first light source was higher than the end point.