The Flat Earth Society is Controlled Opposition!
Source: IFERS - international flat earth research society Eric dubay Posted, December 31, 2015
Main Points:
Flat Earth Society (FES) was founded in 1970 by Leo Ferrari, a philosophy professor and suspected Freemason.
Ferrari mocked genuine flat Earth research by mixing satire with false arguments to discredit the movement.
Samuel Shenton created the original International Flat Earth Research Society (IFERS) in 1956 as a genuine flat Earth advocacy group.
Globalists countered Shenton’s influence by promoting the Flat Earth Society, turning flat Earth research into a joke.
Leo Ferrari’s Tactics:
Carried a "pumpkin-sized rock" as a fake artifact from the "edge of the Earth" during interviews.
Published satirical articles blaming "global fallacies" for racial prejudice.
Gave convoluted answers in interviews, e.g., using Einstein's theory to explain Earth’s round appearance.
Charles K. Johnson later took over IFERS after Shenton's death. He exposed Ferrari’s FES as a fraud.
Johnson's house and flat Earth materials were destroyed in a suspicious fire he blamed on a NASA agent.
Modern FES: Now an online forum managed by individuals accused of making flat Earth research seem ridiculous.
Daniel Shenton (no relation to Samuel Shenton) is the current FES president, accused of further discrediting flat Earth research by giving incoherent interviews.
Common strawman arguments promoted by FES:
FES wrongly claims that Earth is accelerating upward to simulate gravity (deemed easily disprovable).
FES is a psy op, the intention is to dominate the FE topic with twisted truths so anyone will immediately think FE topic is ridiculous.
Did u fall for it?
Additional Points from 2016 Updates:
Vice.com Interview Criticism:
FES spokespersons used confusing jargon like "electromagnetic and optical acceleration through an aetheric whirlpool" to explain different star visibility.
IFERS claims the real reason for different star visibility is simple perspective, citing Dr. Samuel Rowbotham ("Zetetic Astronomy, Earth Not a Globe!").
Rowbotham’s Observations:
The horizon is a vanishing point, not a physical boundary.
Stars like Ursa Major and Orion are visible across wide latitudinal ranges inconsistent with a globe model.
It could quite possibly be.
I like the fes site anyhow, and think it has one of the best wikis around on the subject. They do a better job than most, outlining the various views - many of which conflict.
The one promoted view there i get the greatest kick out of is the inversion of the standard, pervasive, gravitational belief. If you think about it, it makes the presumptive view all the more plainly silly, unscientific, and laughable when you consider belief in its inverse/corollary. (basically that gravitation is actually caused by constant and eternal acceleration upwards by all mass in the universe) I think it may be funnier if you enjoy physics.
FES is a trap. Why would you like it? They post half truths and misleading shit that makes anyone taking it seriously turn and run. A pancake planet accelerating upward is literally put there to make people believe that that anyone who questions the globe must believe this stupid shit.
Sorry, but, siding with FES is literally playing with the CIA.
Two reasons. 1: they have one of the better wikis available and 2: the forums are reasonably run/administrated.
That is certainly true. However, in my view - this mathematically sound inversion of the standard view/equations only further makes plain how stupid and unscientific the original presumptive view is. I see it as something done "tongue in cheek" - although that may not be the creators intention.
It is certainly stupid and unscientific to assume there is a limitless energy source causing eternal acceleration of all things upwards - but it is equally stupid and unscientific to assume there is a limitless energy source causing eternal acceleration downwards for the exact same reasons.
Alas, i think it may come with the territory :(
I wouldn't say that i "side" with the fes, but that they - honeypot/limited hangout or not - have a valid resource for interested researchers to peruse. As always, it is up to the student (us!) to rigorously verify any and all claims/facts before accepting them as true.