NewStats: 3,261,804 , 8,175,203 topics. Date: Friday, 30 May 2025 at 03:36 PM 1t6p31

I'm a geographer. I have a PhD in geomorphology.

In recent times (2 years), I've felt so useless with my degrees when I came to a conclusion that the earth is flat. The evidences are overwhelming. It's just sad how for many years, I substituted scientific theories for personal observations, common sense and facts.
Nobody at this time have been able to measure the curvature of the earth. People see buildings and mountains through a telescope from a distance of 6,000-10,000 miles and even further, when these objects should be under the the supposed curvature of the earth.
People have attached cameras to helium balloons that have gone high up enough to view the supposed curvature, but the images show a flat horizon. It's called a horizon for a reason. It's called tectonic plates for a reason, it's called an airplane for a reason, because we live on a flat plane.

I'm so angry that I believed and taught that the earths oceans somehow curved around a globe because of a force of gravity which is so strong to make billions of cubics of water glued to a ball, but not strong enough to prevent a butterfly from lifting off the ground.
I think that if the oceans were glued to the globe, then that same phenomenon could be replicated in smaller samples on the earth. But that is not the case because water finds it's level, always. I've really been a fool to have believed this.

Just before writing this, I was reading about the iron gates built by Alexander the great to keep gog of the land of magog from reaching the civilized world. This gog and magog is documented in the Bible and the Quran. How can you build a gate to protect the civilized from the barbarians on a globe?

The Bible and the Quran speaks of Gog and the land of Magog, how Gog and Magog were sealed off from the rest of the world. Also, during Alexander the Great time, there are plenty of references, him securing this "great wall" blocking off the people of Gog and Magog further from being able to humans. There's more to this earth, that's why pilots have to fly a certain course, the ships have to go a certain route for age, military coast guard patrolling the oceans, certain routes blocked off...no access to Antarctica from the public, no one can just up and travel to see what's further in Antarctica, there's a treaty in place between all the great nations restricting that kind of access. Then the rabbit hole furthers, let's talk about iral Richard E. Byrd expedition to Antarctica, he had so much he couldn't say about what he saw out there before he was taken out!!!!

Conspiracy theorist on it; The mind is a limitless entity that can create anything from imagination and makes the brain to believe.
Thats actually the source of comfort in time of despair.
You will be alright

ekineme:
Conspiracy theorist on it; The mind is a limitless entity that can create anything from imagination and makes the brain to believe.
Thats actually the source of comfort in time of despair.
You will be alright

It's just not possible anymore for me to believe totally what I've studied and taught about the globe earth. There are lots of unanswered questions.

1. Why do pilots not adjust the airplane for the sake of the earths curvature? They don't and they do not fly away to space.

2. On the sea shore, why do we see ships with a binoculars after they disappear from our eyes, and after they disappear from a binoculars we can see them with a telescope?

3. Why does the earth look totally flat in videos of individuals who have sent balloons high up as against the curvature we see when NASA posts their videos.

4. If the sun is 93 million miles away from the earth, how is Nigeria so hot and at same time the USA 3,000-4,000 miles away is in winter?

5. Why have all individual experiments (since the Bedford experiment in the 1800's) to measure the curvature of the earth all shown that there is no curvature?

ekineme:
Conspiracy theorist on it; The mind is a limitless entity that can create anything from imagination and makes the brain to believe.
Thats actually the source of comfort in time of despair.
You will be alright

Bro it's not a conspiracy theory.

More intelligent civilizations in the past all knew the earth is flat. All the wise books tell of a stationary earth with moving luminaries. The globe idea is to control us.

This is not a topic worth a reply but I'd humour you.
The photo below is what a theoretical flat earth would look like.
If the earth looked like this, then a plane which takes off from Australia to fly to California cannot fly eastwards. That would lead it to space. But we know that planes leave Sydney and fly eastwards to U.S all the time.

You are right when you feel useless with your phd, but not for the reason you think.
Stay sane bro

Bede2u:
This is not a topic worth a reply but I'd humour you.
The photo below is what a theoretical flat earth would look like.
If the earth looked like this, then a plane which takes off from Australia to fly to California cannot fly eastwards. That would lead it to space. But we know that planes leave Sydney and fly eastwards to U.S all the time.

You are right when you feel useless with your phd, but not for the reason you think.
Stay sane bro

I laughed out loud when I read your reply.
Have you heard of the Gleeson map of 1892, that's the real map of earth before the owners of this world changed it to a globe.

On the map, point A is Australia and point B is the USA...it clearly shows that all flights to the USA from Australia should go east. It cannot happen otherwise.

You have just proven a flat earth to be true.
BTW, the United nations logo is also a correct depiction of the Gleeson map, which all represents the map the earth.

Are you sure you were ever a geographer?

christejames:
Are you sure you were ever a geographer?

The guy is just too jobless and bored.. a serious will close this thread as comments on it would be a waste of manhours

christejames:
Are you sure you were ever a geographer?

By degree, yes. But I'm not longer one by belief.

All the principles of a geographer are based on a globe. We live in a geocentric home and not a globe. This is why I feel stupid because I spent all these years learning about a globe which is just a fiction for the purpose of mind control.

I have now started to learn about the earth with the geocentric model, as it was taught in the earlier days.

YoungestPapa:


I laughed out loud when I read your reply.
Have you heard of the Gleeson map of 1892, that's the real map of earth before the owners of this world changed it to a globe.

On the map, point A is Australia and point B is the USA...it clearly shows that all flights to the USA from Australia should go east. It cannot happen otherwise.

You have just proven a flat earth to be true.
BTW, the United nations logo is also a correct depiction of the Gleeson map, which all represents the map the earth.

I have flown due west to U.S from Australia, using Qatar airways, so I don't understand what you are talking about

What university?

Saga16:
What university?

University of Port Harcourt.

You are 100% correct, this is one of the many foundational pillars of the deception of man. There are many others that will blow your mind but challenging them is like swimming against the tides.
You earned your PhD...only a mind that has been decorated with a doctorate can conjure such deep arguments that question the concrete lies of a world built on misinformation and deceit. Be proud of yourself! But know you can't beat them.

being:

The guy is just too jobless and bored.. a serious will close this thread as comments on it would be a waste of manhours

Take note: it's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.

All I've said in this thread are the facts. No falsehood or half-truth. The approach should be to engage me, and investigate if what I have said is true, not to dismiss it.

I'm also not just a novice on topics like this...I have a PhD in Geomorphology from the University of Port Harcourt.

ugonology:
You are 100% correct, this is one of the many foundational pillars of the deception of man. There are many others that will blow your mind but challenging them is like swimming against the tides.
You earned your PhD...only a mind that has been decorated with a doctorate can conjure such deep arguments that question the concrete lies of a world built of misinformation and deceit. Be proud of yourself! But know you can't beat them.

How can I like your comment a million times?
You are truly awake.

YoungestPapa:


University of Port Harcourt.

It used to a good school.

What happened?

Nice points op. I believe in open mindedness when it comes to questions like this.

My own problem is with the people who thinks one Albert Einstein or Nikola Tesla invented something and has ed it down with series of equations.
People swallow this narrative without questioning, well except people like me.
Imagine all those kids in primary and secondary school being taught to believe what is possibly a lie. They would grow up to defend how real Albert Einstein and Nicola Teslar is like they were present there

If you discover something and want to cover the tracks of the discovery, you can ascribe it to a particular renowned name like Ogun or Oya being the first proponents of the invention.

Op you have asked a good question based on your own personal observation, but if the earth is flat how come we have day and night?
During morning over here in Nigeria, people in Australia are already in the night.

Also, you can't observe the curvature of the earth while standing on the earth, other planetary bodies aren't flat, how come earth will be different?

Bede2u:
This is not a topic worth a reply but I'd humour you.
The photo below is what a theoretical flat earth would look like.
If the earth looked like this, then a plane which takes off from Australia to fly to California cannot fly eastwards. That would lead it to space. But we know that planes leave Sydney and fly eastwards to U.S all the time.

You are right when you feel useless with your phd, but not for the reason you think.
Stay sane bro

Bede2u:
I have flown due west to U.S from Australia, using Qatar airways, so I don't understand what you are talking about

You just flipped flopped.

If you said flights from Australia to US go eastwards all the time...and then after I show you the gleeson map to prove you're correct according to the flat earth, then you tell me that you've flown westward from Australia to the US, you're just desperately seeking to find fault.

Flights always go eastwards from Australia to the US and it cannot be that way with the map of the earth as a globe.

Bede2u:
This is not a topic worth a reply but I'd humour you.
The photo below is what a theoretical flat earth would look like.
If the earth looked like this, then a plane which takes off from Australia to fly to California cannot fly eastwards. That would lead it to space. But we know that planes leave Sydney and fly eastwards to U.S all the time.

You are right when you feel useless with your phd, but not for the reason you think.
Stay sane bro

I even thought this fact was basic. SS1 Geography Textbooks convinced me of it without an iota of doubt.

EmperorIsaac:

I even thought this fact was basic. SS1 Geography Textbooks convinced me of it without an iota of doubt.

The point is that the ss1 textbook says ships disappear because it goes down the curvature, but guess what, we have binoculars and telescopes now and we've seen that the ships don't go down any curvature, they just go out of our sight. Humans have a vision limit of 3000 miles.

RealityKings1:
Op you have asked a good question based on your own personal observation, but if the earth is flat how come we have day and night?
During morning over here in Nigeria, people in Australia are already in the night.

Also, you can't observe the curvature of the earth while standing on the earth, other planetary bodies aren't flat, how come earth will be different?

Shh!!

You want them to make you dumb?

Saga16:


Shh!!

You want them to make you dumb?

Honestly the op has raised good questions.
Nairaland is an opinion based form, it's good to learn about other people's views.

YoungestPapa:


The point is that the ss1 textbook says ships disappear because it goes down the curvature, but guess what, we have binoculars and telescopes now and we've seen that the ships don't go down any curvature, they just go out of our sight. Humans have a vision limit of 3000 miles.

How about the moon?

RealityKings1:


Honestly the op has raised good questions.
Nairaland is an opinion based form, it's good to learn about other people's views.

We have Geodesy and the satellite pictures of the earth .

I don't know what else we need .

Saga16:


It used to a good school.

What happened?

It's a good school, still is.

I got the scales off my eyes.

YoungestPapa:


I laughed out loud when I read your reply.
Have you heard of the Gleeson map of 1892, that's the real map of earth before the owners of this world changed it to a globe.

On the map, point A is Australia and point B is the USA...it clearly shows that all flights to the USA from Australia should go east. It cannot happen otherwise.

You have just proven a flat earth to be true.
BTW, the United nations logo is also a correct depiction of the Gleeson map, which all represents the map the earth.

I no know book.
Pls explain the map with respect to day and night. Season fluctuations.
Who no know the ask question

If the earth is flat then we all should live on a lane..I should be able to drive from Nigeria to Australia..

This is why some people feel justified to say "School na SCAM!"

Someone claims to have a PhD degree yet he is unable to exercise his mind in the BAREST feat of critical thinking.

For instance, what is this MADNESS:

"Why does the earth look totally flat in videos of individuals who have sent balloons high up as against the curvature we see when NASA posts their videos."

Comparing "evidence" generated by $75 balloons launched by CONTENT CREATORS to those provided by the MULTIBILLION DOLLAR equipment and the calculations of MULTIPLE experts from MULTIPLE fields is just MADNESS.

Balloons CANNOT attain enough altitude to capture a meaningful picture of the earth. It'll BURST!

We see a ROUND sun with our eyes. We see a ROUND moon with our eyes. We see other ROUND planets with the POWERFUL telescopes that the OP loves so much.

Yet somehow, earth is unique in its FLATNESS.
MADNESS!

Finally, let's say the OP is right. That the earth is indeed FLAT and we've all been BAMBOOZLED by a secret group of GLOBAL CABALS.

Question is:

To what end?

Why would they want to DECEIVE you so much they spend BILLIONS of Dollars and DECADES of research to achieve it?

And SOMEHOW countries that can't EVEN agree on whether it's the Gulf of Mexico or the Gulf of America ALL agree that the world is spherical.

MADNESS!

And finally, finally, say the OP is right. How does a flat earth ALTER his life?

What research or invention does he pursue that have been HOBBLED by following the scientific principles of a spherical earth instead of a flat one?

NOTHING!

Fact is, the earth could be a PARALLELOGRAM and the OP's life, and those of other flat-earters, would still remain UNCHANGED.

Welcome to Nigeria

YoungestPapa:


It's just not possible anymore for me to believe totally what I've studied and taught about the globe earth. There are lots of unanswered questions.

1. Why do pilots not adjust the airplane for the sake of the earths curvature? They don't and they do not fly away to space.

2. On the sea shore, why do we see ships with a binoculars after they disappear from our eyes, and after they disappear from a binoculars we can see them with a telescope?

3. Why does the earth look totally flat in videos of individuals who have sent balloons high up as against the curvature we see when NASA posts their videos.

4. If the sun is 93 million miles away from the earth, how is Nigeria so hot and at same time the USA 3,000-4,000 miles away is in winter?

5. Why have all individual experiments (since the Bedford experiment in the 1800's) to measure the curvature of the earth all shown that there is no curvature?

At the bolded should be the more reason u should snap out of this ur limited thinking and probably return the PhD certificate u acquired back to the school u obtained it from because sir at this point, u're losing it.

YoungestPapa:


The point is that the ss1 textbook says ships disappear because it goes down the curvature, but guess what, we have binoculars and telescopes now and we've seen that the ships don't go down any curvature, they just go out of our sight. Humans have a vision limit of 3000 miles.

On colos On colos 😹