Given Henrique’s distance from the holes, he would have to position the light above his head (7 meters/23 feet above the water level) for it to be seen. But on a spherical Earth, there’s the curvature to consider. If the Earth was flat, no matter how far Henrique was, the light would come through the holes.

He used two boards, both with a hole at a height of 5.18 meters (17 feet) above water level, a camera, and another person by the name of Henrique holding a torch at the same height and aligned with the holes. In the clip, a flat-Earther named Jeran from a group known as Globebusters set up a simple experiment to prove that the Earth is flat. In the immortal words of Meryl Streep: “ These are the moments that make life worth living”. Many viewers have enjoyed a particular clip from the documentary, where a flat-Earther proves that the Earth is not flat live on camera. The film has received positive reviews, with critics commenting on how it focuses on the human side of the movement, rather than dismissing them. It often indicates a user profile.Ī new documentary called “ Behind The Curve” has recently been released on Netflix, looking into the people of the Flat Earth movement and how they end up believing such an outlandish idea. Listen to A Study In Spheres, an exploration of roundness.

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