The Flat Earth Theory is the belief that the Earth is shaped like a disk and the sky is shaped like a dome. This theory is not supported by scientific evidence and is not accepted by the scientific community.
Proponents of the Flat Earth Theory put forward various arguments in support of this theory. These arguments include the following: According to the proponents of the Flat Earth Theory, people jumping out of airplanes should fall off the cliff at the edge of the Earth.
However, proponents of this theory claim that people who jump out of airplanes survive and that this shows that the Earth is flat.
There is no scientific basis for this claim. Airplanes fly in the Earth's atmosphere, and this atmosphere is thick enough to prevent them from falling off the cliff at the edge of the Earth. When airplanes fly in the Earth's atmosphere, they are pulled by the Earth's gravity.
This gravity causes airplanes to spin around the Earth. Even when airplanes fly on the edge of the Earth, they continue to be pulled around the Earth by this gravitational pull.
According to the proponents of the Flat Earth Theory, ships should not disappear at the edge of the Earth. However, proponents of this theory claim that ships do disappear at the edge of the Earth.
There is no scientific basis for this claim either. Ships disappear at the Earth's horizon. This is not because the Earth is flat, but because the atmosphere bends light.
By bending light, the atmosphere makes distant objects appear smaller and more blurry. This is why ships appear smaller and blurrier the closer they get to the Earth's horizon.
Proponents of the Flat Earth Theory claim that some photos and videos found on the Internet show that the Earth is flat.
These photos and videos include airplanes flying over the edge of Antarctica, spaceships circling the Earth, and satellite images showing that the Earth is flat.
However, most of these photos and videos, when examined scientifically, do not support the claim that the Earth is flat. For example, airplanes flying over the edge of Antarctica are actually flying over the continental shelf of Antarctica.
Spaceships, on the other hand, usually fly close to the Earth's surface, not at the edge of the Earth as they circumnavigate it.
The Flat Earth Theory is a theory that is not supported by scientific evidence. When the arguments put forward to support this theory are examined scientifically, it is seen that they do not support this theory.
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