Response to Globebusters - The Earth Still Isn't Flat 

Neutron stars must be jealous of how dense flat earthers are

one things flat earthers can't explain 1. flat earth

Two flat earth engineers were standing at the base of a flagpole, looking at its top. A sphericist walked by and asked what they were doing. "We're supposed to find the height of this flagpole," said a flat earther, "but we don't have a ladder." The sphericist took a wrench from a bag, loosened a couple of bolts, and laid the pole down on the ground. The sphericist took a tape measure from the bag, took a measurement and announced, "Twenty one feet, six inches," and walked away. One flat earther shook his head and laughed, "Typical sphericist ! We ask for the height and the sphericist gives us the length!"

90% of their argument boils down to calling something "stupid." The other 10% is saying, "Dave" in a condescending tone...

It's like playing chess against a pigeon. Doesn't matter how good at chess you are, the pigeon is just going to knock all the pieces over, shit on the board and declare itself the winner and fly away.

"The universe consist of electrons, neutrons, protons and morons."

“You don’t need to make up an invisible shadow government to be mad at you can be mad at the actual government”-Milo Rossi.

I live in Chile and I can confirm we are constantly dealing with 200 km/hr winds. It's a tough life but it's worth it because of the beautiful view of the game of thrones ice wall on my telescope when I aim it southward.

99% of the flat earther's arguments are: I dont understand this therefore it must be impossible

I actually was a flat earther for 4 years. Then I turned five.

8:10 I got an ad here and so it went like “Sorry guys, that’s wrong. There are hundreds of examples I could choose but I’ll use this *old spice moisturizing shampoo”*

Flat earther gets to heaven FE: God, so tell me...is the earth flat? God: Oh no, its a globe. FE: oh wow, this conspiracy goes up higher than i thought. Even God is in on it!

To be completely fair the flat earthers made a very compelling point when they said “maybe I’m just a stupid flat earther.”

Anyone else scrolling down the comments looking for flat earthers?🧐

There is nothing to a flat earth argument aside from an argument from incredulity. It really boils down to “why can’t I see the curve with my own eyes?” And then completely refuse to listen to the answer.

I watch this video every year. It keeps me grounded in reality after a year of RU-vid videos.

The only thing flat-earthers have to fear is sphere itself.

Literally every response to Dave’s questions - “hahaha, Dave is dumb. I win. Next topic…”

I like how they replace actual information with laughter.... that's what they spend the majority of their time doing, saying what is real isn't real, then smugly laughing to try and hide their nervousness about probably being wrong, then patting themselves on the back for being so "smart"

It feels like any flat earther will try to use only a single equation or law of physics at a time when trying to explain how they "understand" what they're saying, when in reality all of physics is happening at the exact same time. The laws of physics are not taking turns acting on the universe. Love your content Dave.

"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts. While the stupid ones are full of confidence." -Charles Bukowski

Man, I wish “quantum calculations” were fake. That semester of P-chem was brutal.

I've heard flerfers cite electromagnetism a number of times, proposing it as an alternative to gravity, and yet none of them seem to have bothered to try building an anti-gravity device, which should be very easy to do if their hypothesis is correct. Come on guys! World's easiest Nobel prize just waiting for you.

The nasa Antarctica treaty shit has me bawling

One problem, Dave. How can you burst their flat-earther bubbles when their bubbles are not spheres?

i like how their only counter-argument is to say “i knew you would say that dave”

the only correct thing globebusters said was "maybe I’m just a stupid flat earther"

As much as they frustrate me, I have to admit that it's because of flat earthers that I'm constantly becoming more educated about physics, ecology, astronomy, and debate

Funny how he's basically explaining basic physics to a bunch of 40 year old men

I don't pretend to understand physics very well, but I swear I felt myself getting stupider listening to the flatearthers justified their beliefs. I'm glad Professor Dave reassured me I hadn't forgotten my physics. Sometimes you get the impression that they are clutching at straws rather than explaining anything.

My big question is - if the Earth is flat and therefore must have 2 sides, what's on the other side ? Why has no one explored it yet?

"I didn't research flat earth enough" It's impossible to research flat earth, every flat earther has a different view on it and they almost always contradict each other

this video is a painstaking roller-coaster of losing and regaining brain cells

Dave, that was the best 45 minutes of cold, clinical debunking of flat-earth theory. My sides are still sore from laughing so hard. Well done!

It’s really hard to watch so many people be so confidently wrong… I’m like 50% convinced that at least half of the flerfers don’t actually believe their own stuff, they’ve just never had friends or been a part of something before, and enjoy it so much they don’t want to lose it

"Arguing with a smart person is hard. But arguing with an idiot is impossible" that's why we don't argue with flat earthers.

“It's hard to win an argument with a smart person, but it's damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person.” - Bill Murray cinespia.

so we had Jism and Bob Super Noodle Doodle ( RIP ) who was the other deeper voice? Is he still with globebusters?

I jumped HALO for 21 years for the military and I can promise you gravity is real. Very real.

Their response to everything: "electromagnetism, DAVE." the way they said Dave made me chuckle.

I love how their counter argument for the Cavendish experiment was literally “Yeah, whatever”

the thing i want to know is: why is it just the earth that’s flat? how do they explain the fact that we literally watch other bodies rotate and revolve and we can clearly see that they’re spheroids without ever going to space? why have we yet to see exoplanet transits that are slot-shaped like a disc would be if it’s not pointing at us?

"I'm a stupid flat-Earther" Literally the ONLY truthful thing the flerf said during the entire video

“Maybe it’s because I’m a stupid flat earther” Well you don’t gotta call yourself out like that

The best line of the video, "I am sorry that astronomical events don't conform to your lifespan"

I stumbled across your channel after watching a video from Sci Man Dan. Genuinely had me giggling. Good work and great delivery. 👍🏻

One argument from flat earthers that I don’t understand (among many others) is how they say it’s in fathomable that the earth is traveling through the galaxy at thousands of miles per hour, yet they claim gravity comes from the earth accelerating upwards at 9.8 m/s^2. If this were really the case, then the earth would be traveling through space A LOT faster than a few thousand miles per hour. I guess they just don’t understand what accelerating at a constant rate does to velocity. Also, mad respect to Dave for still replying to these guys four years later 😂

As a VFX artist, I love when flat-earthers try to talk to me about CGI.

Flat earther : “this makes no sense, it’s stupid. That means it’s not real” Dave : *proceeds to show and explain the experiments that prove them wrong* Flat earther : “nuh-uh that’s dumb”

This video has undoubtedly won its spot as Dave's most popular video, I can't keep track of how many times I keep coming back to it! 😂

As a new zealander/kiwi, I can confirm we have a massive military budget that is about a third of the US military budget, and its sole reason is for guarding 1 third of the south Antarctic wall. Reason being that we are one of the closest and are part of the antartic treaty. Its a hefty job but pays super well. 😊

Flat earther: "Correct me if I'm wrong." Things flat earthers should never say.

Fun saying I heard once: Biology is really chemistry. Chemistry is really physics. Physics is really math. Math is really hard.

the problem isn't thinking the world is flat or round. The problem is the people who believe the world is flat inevitably start talk about jewish conspiracies, illuminati, etc, because it all fits together. Once a person believes one absurdity they will start to believe every absurdity.

This sounds like the same "scientist" from the flat earth community who blew 2 laser tests that he designed, and when both failed, he blamed the equipment.

One question I always have about these flat earth "here's how it could work if the sun moved THIS way" models is that they never explain WHY the sun moves that way, just that it HAS to if the Earth is flat. Nevermind everything else wrong with this model, I guess it all works because the sun just....DECIDES to act in a way that would simulate (or maybe imitate) a gravitational, heliocentric, spherical Earth model. And it does it so perfectly that we were mathematically able to predict it with such precision as to apparently incorrectly conclude that the Earth is not flat. When in reality, the sun and moon are tied to...I don't know...a giant invisible space ceiling fan that spins them around.

How are they using terms like "HemiSPHERE" and "AtmoSPHERE" while trying to imply that the earth is FLAT ?!

I can't comment. I'm from Australia and therefore I don't exist.

Dave condescending tone could be a rhetorical turn-off to some, but I think it’s completely warranted. These people aren’t going to be convinced. It’s about showing the rest of the world that these clowns are that dangerous.

The thing about the “shooting a bullet at a lighthouse” thing that makes it so funny to me- for long-distance shooting, like military snipers, you actually *do* have to account for the Earth's rotation.

"I'm sorry that astronomical phenomenon don't conform to your lifespan. It doesn't make it fake." Just my favorite line.

I love how their argument boils down to: “fuckin magnets, how do they work.”

I am on a ship now going from Galveston, US, to Cape Town, SA. According to the flat earth map, the best route, shortest and most fuel efficient would be from Galveston to West Africa, and then down along the coast. Instead, we were steaming SE through the Carribean Sea, along the coast of Brazil up to Recife (which would put us at the further most point from our destination, acc. to FE) and then across the South Atlantic, which on their map looks almost as wide as the Pacific? Because...our company is working with NASA and they don't want us to know the truth? Geez, sometimes I wonder if these people realise how big this planet actually is. And I've sailed around it a few times in my 24 years at sea..

"I'm sorry astronomical phenomena don't conform with your lifespan, but that doesn't make them fake." -- Prof. Dave Explains with a laser wit

Listening to flat earthers makes me realize how strongly people can hate to be wrong.

"we don't understand science so you people who do must be wrong" -every flat earther ever

Another question: how does the entirety of Antarctica experience a month of light at the same time as the Arctic experiences a month of darkness and vice versa?

10 year old after seeing a TikTok post on flat earth: *I AM ALL KNOWING, NO HUMAN UNDERSTANDS PHYSICS MORE THAN I*

If I had a nickel for every time Dave has to say "Sorry!" I'd have enough money to fund a flat-earther cruise to Antarctica to show them that the ice wall doesn't exist.

As an ecologist, that abrupt demonstration of their lack of understanding of climatology and ecology did critical damage to my brain. I'm still not convinced that these people actually believe this stuff and aren't just elaborate trolls participating in a deep hobby of seeing how many people they can fool and how angry they can make scientists.

One thing i wanted to point out, in your inertial reference frames you never accounted for a vaccum or air friction which would APPEAR to slow your momentum upon jumping from a moving car, and the further away from the equator to the poles DOES affect straight line travel distance (the bullet anology) but the drift at 25 miles would be insurmountably negligable. Love this video, hate flat earthers

I was on a train and a man kept walking quickly up and down the aisle. He kept looking at his watch and scowling and looking confused. I asked if he was ok. He said “I have diarrhea and the bathroom is still full”. Guy next to me said “oh! I thought he might be has a flat earther! They’re full of sh*t too”.

I failed physics but wow, these people really make me feel a lot better about my own intelligence edit: After a little over a year I feel it's worth mentioning that this was during the pandemic. I suffered from a pretty bad depressive episode and lost a lot of motivation to do well in school, and this class was the one that affected me the most. Normally I really enjoy science, but a bad teacher can certainly ruin a potentially enjoyable subject and crush your hopes and dreams about anything remotely concerning it. The physics teacher I had wasn't a good person and his teaching style was very incompatible with mine. I wasn't on a 504 or IEP, but it wouldn't have mattered anyways because my friends who have accomodations for their learning disabilities/chronic health issues who had his class mentioned that he didn't give accomodations and believed them to be unfair to other students. Obviously you are LEGALLY REQUIRED to offer accomodations for students who are eligible for them. I'm not too sure what the hell he was thinking, nor how he had been teaching for a past decade whilst thinking of all of the other past students who needed accomodations but never got them. In fact, he was so unempathetic during remote learning that he kept his already strict standards for grading. Many other classes had tried to make their grading more lenient because people had been struggling during remote learning, but him? Oh hell no. He failed nearly a quarter-third of our graduating class, and while I get that physics is a difficult subject, if a disproportionate amount of kids are failing your class or are even trying to purposefully avoid doing your work knowing how it wouldn't matter, there is a reason for that. There are other reasons why I *mildly dislike* my freshman year physics teacher: like I said, he wasn't a good person and he openly complained about his middle son in front of class and often used his children as frames of reference to compare our work to his. For context, I live in Massachusetts and we are required to take MCAS, which is our version of standardized testing, and pass it in order to graduate. If you score in an advanced range in all of your subjects, then you are eligible for a John and Abigail Adams Scholarship which provides tuition for up to eight semesters for undergraduate education in a Massachusetts state school. He made it a point that his other children had gotten the scholarship, except for his middle son. On a surface level, this just seems like something that was mentioned in passing, but it revealed a lot about him to me. Normally you shouldn't use your children as frames of reference for comparing your students' work to them. This was also what I only witnessed during the times I bothered to pay attention in his class; people in other classes had talked about how he'd call his middle son a disappointment. I went on a bit of a tangent there, as this was supposed to be more as to why I got a less than ideal grade in freshman physics, but it's something I feel very strongly about. Of course, I can't deny that my depressive episode wasn't a factor as to why I didn't get a good grade, (My grade for the year was actually a D-,. but I failed one of the quarters) but before then I had been a straight-A honors student and I've worked very hard to try and get my GPA back up to what it was. I've been driven by a lot of spite to be more successful than my physics teacher, but I know I have to let it go eventually. Being a straight-A student gives students a bit of a complex, and I heavily dislike how the school system elicits such competition within students which leads to lots of stress. At that point, school isn't necessarily about learning anymore, it's just a reflection of how hard you can work and get a good grade as a result. Failing physics made me feel like shit about my intelligence for a long time, which is why I said "make me feel a lot better about my own intelligence" as if I didn't think of myself highly in that aspect. So, moral of the story, if you are a teacher and you have a student that needs accomodations, FOLLOW THEM. Also, if you're a student and you have a crappy teacher, speak up about it with other people. Don't beat yourself up about your intelligence, as there are many other things that you excel at apart from that one subject you failed freshman year of highschool. If I can get through it, so can you.

I love how essentially the entire flat earth argument comes down to not being able to figure out a map.

Great article Professor Dave. I especially liked the seasons model because it was like a hellalujah moment for me when I figured it all out, it made so much sense to me. I'm sure I felt myself get smarter after realising how it all worked. Thanks for your commonsense.

I must say, this is one of the most clearest, faultless debunk videos I've seen! Surely there's no room to argue any of it now..?

“Astrophysics isn’t a real science because you can only observe it” seriously the whole idea of the earth being flat came from one observation: the horizon appeared “flat”

"It’s hard to win an argument with a smart person, but it’s damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person" - Bill Murray Great video dave, as always.

Lunar eclipse disproves flat earth.

flat earthers ALWAYS do the same thing ...."ok, globers - explain this then ...?!". You then proceed to do with math and science and they say "la la la la la". Well, why ask then?

The sad reality is *99%* of flat earthers will never even watch this video.

"Don't judge others for their opinion" Their opinion: 2+2=7

i watched a lot of your flat earth videos 3 years ago and i only just found your channel again now. the way you explain things is still just as good as i remembered lol

I really loved the "we do real science and dont just make things up, anyway no matter how much proof you bring youre simply wrong." from globebusters

Intellect has its limits, stupidity is boundless.

I'm surprised flat earthers still say "hemisphere" and not hemiflat

BRO THEY ACTUALLY THINK THAT VACCINES CAUSE AUTISM?! 😂😂😂 naw bro I've been autistic my whole life

I almost burst out laughing when the guy said “the globe-earthers.” You mean the realists, buddy

The entirety of their arguments can be simplified to “I do not understand this therefore it is false”

Why are they using the term 'hemisphere' anyways? The term literally translates to 'half ball'.

“The Energy of the heavens” made me almost piss myself laughing. This was so moronic on so many levels. I rolled my eyes a lot but kept laughing so listened to it through.

I strongly recommend U DO NOT run towards the ockpit of a plane. EVER.

“If you don’t understand that, that’s not my problem” is the best retort ever

The passive aggressive way in which they keep saying "Dave" is aggravating me more than any of their dumb theories

what shape do flat earthers think the other planets are? do they think that earth is the only flat one?

I love that the subtitles call the flat earthers flatheads, because they're about as smart as a frickin screwdriver

As an electrician, I love hearing them going off about electric fields and electromagnetism. Really is amazing how little they understand.

I felt genuinely insulted how they casually waved away years of scientific progress just like that.

It's been 4 years but I think one thing that really says a lot is that they self-reference quite often. Generally self-referencing is pretty bad because you're effectively assuming everything you say is accurate and that your experiments were also accurate, while using both to prove tangentially or entirely unrelated hypothesis. And this is different from continuing previous research, where you're either building on it or using it to test a theory about a directly related topic. TLDR they self reference and therefore lose credibility.

I just love your aptly timed Dunning-Kruger effect graphs when one of those Globebusters start talking about their "counter points". Makes me laugh every time.