A RUSSIAN astronaut is
flabbergasted at people’s lack of understanding of basic physics and has “no
idea” how people can support the “flat-Earth” theory, it has been revealed. The
flat-Earth theory has been growing in popularity exponentially of late, with
celebrity endorsements including basketball player Kyrie Irving and cricketer
Freddie Flintoff.
Russian ISS cosmonaut
Sergey Ryazansky said the prevalence of the pseudoscientific theory is due to
poor education in the West.
He said: "People
won’t believe in any proofs. It all originated in the West, perhaps because
they are not taught the deep foundations of sciences, namely of physics, like
in this country. I am sorry to hear it’s echoing in Russia as well. I have no
idea how one can come to believe all this bulls**t.”
Mr Ryazansky said the
theory is about internet “trolling” and having people on.
He added: "When it
comes to Flat Earth, this is again the spirit of our time. It’s so easy to
'troll' a public figure, pardon me, on the internet. You are far away from him
or her, they can’t wipe your nose even if there is a reason to. “
Mr Ryazansky is known to
have partaken in two space flights, having entered open space four times in his
space career. His spacecraft "Soyuz MS-05" finalised its 139-day ISS
program and safely returned from orbit on December 14, 2017.
Despite photographic
evidence from space and even though a spherical globe was postulated as early
as the 5th Century BC by the Greek philosopher Aristotle, adherents to the
flat-Earth theory are growing in number. Data from Google Trends show that in
the past two years, searches for “flat earth” have more than tripled.
There have been several
instances of high-profile celebrity endorsement, outrageous stunts to promote
the theory and media coverage of flat-Earth events that have helped promote the
cause. A self-taught rocket “scientist” constructed a home-made rocket out of
scrap metal in order to prove astronauts lied about the planet being flat.
“Mad Mike” Hughes planned
to launch himself 1,800 feet (550 metres) and fly through the air at 500mph in
his steam-powered vessel made of scrap metal. But, he had to abandon the launch
after the US Bureau of Land Management reportedly stopped him from using public
land after reading about his plans in the media.
Also, fanatics attended a
sellout Flat Earth International Conference (FEIC) to discuss everything from
“NASA lies” to 9/11 conspiracies. Flat-Earthers believe NASA is lying to the
general public to conceal a stationary, flat planet. The Flat Earth
International Community explains the community suspect the planet is a circular
disk shape that relies on Antarctica to provide an icy wall barrier.
The ice barrier is
supposed to prevent humans walking off the edge of the Earth. Flat-Earther Mark
Sargent told the BBC: "Nobody likes this uncomfortable feeling to be in
this tiny ball, flying through space in this vast endless universe.
"So as far as what's
underneath this, I don't know, it could be this thickness. It doesn't even have
to be that think, because we can only drill down eight miles. Heck, this is
only fifty miles deep, we don't know. So, it could be this sort of dimension.”
"Don't take my word
for it, I could be a mental patient recently released from an
institution."
Via Express.co.uk
It must be a sarcastic ploy of people with little to look forward to.
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