Hopefully some of these flat earthers were CEOs? I mean to say “thoughts and prayers”.

But maybe we need a new cutsey saying “at least one CEO amongst them” or something.

  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
    882·
    10 days ago

    This is actually an incredible story.

    Dave McKeegan, a tremendous influencer in the flat earther world, was offered a free trip to Antarctica to see the sun circle the South Pole with his own eyes.

    He agreed to go, and brought his own cameras to video the sun. He witnessed it, recorded it, and accepted it. He then posted the video and publicly admitted that he was wrong, and that the Earth is indeed round.

    I have a lot of respect for the way he handled what I imagine to be very profound, and very public, cognitive dissonance.

    https://youtu.be/in0B1OQG3-M

    Edit: Dave McKeegan was the name of the debunker who organized the expedition, not the influencer whose video I saw and admitted he was wrong. My mistake.

    • notjustlurking@lemmynsfw.com
      19·
      10 days ago

      Dave McKeegan is/was not a flat earther. He’s a debunker, and was funded as the globe proponent for “The Final Experiment”. Jeran and Witsit, went for the flat earthers. There were others from both sides there with about 10 in total.

      • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
        7·
        10 days ago

        You’re right. I saw an influencer video where he did everything I wrote above. When I grabbed the YouTube link for my comment I saw Dave McKeegan’s name and made the incorrect assumption that it was the influencer’s video. My mistake.

    • macniel@feddit.org
      10·
      10 days ago

      No, Dave McKeegan wasn’t the one who organised the expedition either. That was Will Duffy. Dave is just a debunker, photographer and one of the “globe earthers” who agreed to go as well.

    • GojuRyu@lemmy.world
      3·
      10 days ago

      Dave McKeegan isn’t who offered to fund a flat earther. He was himself funded by the guy who arranged the whole thing, same as the flat earther was. Dave McKeegan was simply a prominent debunker with skills as a photographer who accepted to take part in this venture.

    • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
      1·
      8 days ago

      Wait, did jeren flip? I know whitsit said it was evidence for the globe but didn’t concede his stance.