What exactly is the Flat Earth Society?

[Blue_Tires]

http://www.flat-earth.org/

Are these guys kooks, or is this some kind of inside joke only scientists and engineers will understand?

[moof]

1. It seems to be a spoof, look

at the bottom of the FAQ

"This FAQ was compiled by Lee Harvey Oswald Smith"

[PsychoDad]

2. This site is a hoax

A very Discordian/Lovecraftian one at that :)

There are some real Flat Earthers out there.. I'll try and find some links

[PsychoDad]

3. Here are some

Flat Earthers :
http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/fe-scidi.htm
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/flatearth.html

[Blue_Tires]

4. creepy n/t

[pmbryant]

5. Pretty funny spoof

From their "Flat Earth FAQ" (emphasis added):

13. What about gravity?
Gravity is a lie invented by the purveyors of the inherently false spherical Earth theory. The theory of gravity has never been proven. There is no gravity, only inertia. The Earth moves through space like a giant elevator. We do not fall off because we are kept down by inertia. The Earth has inertia.

There is a school of thought which states, however, that the Earth does not move through space, but rather that it rests on the back of a giant turtle, and that what we call gravity is, in fact, the turtle's animal magnetism.

and

20. Does Idaho exist
No. The existence of Idaho is a lie, fabricated by a conspiracy of cartographers, as is England (see question 10).

21. What about North Dakota?
That doesn't exist either.

22. Any other places which are believed to exist but really don't?
Yes, Australia. And then there are the cryptogeographica, places such as Kadath, Carcosa, Hobbiton, Narnia, Hy-Brasil, Hell and such whose existence has not been satisfactorily proven.

:bounce: :bounce:

--Peter

[Az]

6. Thomas Dolby

had a mock site back in the day. But there are a few kooks in the world that believe there is a global (er planar) conspiracy to fool the people into believing the world is spherical.

[htuttle]

7. Their slogan used to be...

"Common Sense is what tells you the Earth is flat!"

Which is actually pretty deep if you think about it awhile...

[Cleita]

8. I believe they are a bunch of British eccentrics.

The British are more tolerant of their eccentrics than we are. I don't know how many true believers are among their ranks if any.