One of the strongest observations flat Earth proponents point to is the behavior of the stars. In the Northern Hemisphere, the stars rotate around Polaris. But in the Southern Hemisphere, they seem to rotate around another point. On a globe that makes sense, but it also makes sense on the flat Earth model with a firmament or dome where the stars are rotating above us, not millions of light years away, but fixed in a rotating sky. Here’s the key detail, most people have never personally observed the southern skies. Flat Earthers argue that time-lapse footage is manipulated and that southern star trails can be explained as optical effects due to perspective and angular distortion from a dome. Why do stars return to the exact same position at the same time each night if we’re hurdling through the galaxy at millions of miles per hour Shouldn’t the sky change over time The firmament model offers stability, it says the stars are part of a fixed system, not an infinite vacuum. Mainstream science waves these questions away, but never actually tests them with the transparency we deserve. The flat model might sound insane, until you realize how many of your assumptions come from people you’ve never met, doing math you’ve never checked.
One of the strongest observations flat Earth proponents point to is the behavior of the stars. In the Northern Hemisphere, the stars rotate around Polaris. But in the Southern Hemisphere, they seem to rotate around another point. On a globe that makes sense, but it also makes sense on the flat Earth model with a firmament or dome where the stars are rotating above us, not millions of light years away, but fixed in a rotating sky. Here’s the key detail, most people have never personally observed the southern skies. Flat Earthers argue that time-lapse footage is manipulated and that southern star trails can be explained as optical effects due to perspective and angular distortion from a dome. Why do stars return to the exact same position at the same time each night if we’re hurdling through the galaxy at millions of miles per hour Shouldn’t the sky change over time The firmament model offers stability, it says the stars are part of a fixed system, not an infinite vacuum. Mainstream science waves these questions away, but never actually tests them with the transparency we deserve. The flat model might sound insane, until you realize how many of your assumptions come from people you’ve never met, doing math you’ve never checked.