New Flat Earth Theory Suggests the Earth Is Round, Actually

Flat earthers have to bend themselves into all sorts of knots in order to convince themselves that the world truly is flat.

It’s not, in case you were wondering, and you can test that for yourself. But for some reason, a few people who spend far too much time online have convinced themselves that a debate that’s been settled for hundreds of years is actually an open question.

These people will yell at you until they’re blue in the face about horizon lines, NASA lies and more, all to try to say that the globe earth is a lie upheld by billions around the world to do… something. Honestly, it’s unclear what they think we’re gaining from saying the earth is round, but hey, at least they’re passionate.

Now, there’s a new theory in flat earth land: the earth is round, just not in the way that we think.

Apparently flat Earthers have evolved their theories so much that they are now theorizing the Earth is round pic.twitter.com/I23Zcry76j

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This theory, called the “Great Ice Ball” theory, speculates that our world is near flat, but on a massive ball of ice that could contain other worlds. According to some random people on Reddit, this would make our earth 3.6×10^13 km2 in surface area — i.e., bigger than the sun.

Seeing this, some people may ask for “proof.” If you’re one of those people, it’s clear you haven’t been involved in the flat earth game for very long. There’s basically no evidence to support this, and even the creator of the image appears unsure of what this would mean for our earth. Would it be one of many earths? Is this ice ball hollow? Who knows!

If I ever need to study weird worldbuilding ideas for a franchise I’m just gonna crack open flat earth theories and start taking notes honestly https://t.co/6ED45GdbNT

— Kirbonic Pikmin (@KirbonicPikmin) April 23, 2024

The contingent of those who believe this theory is pretty small, it seems. After all, you already need to hit your head pretty hard to believe in flat earth — how much more trauma must your brain endure before you think that we’re on a big ball of ice?

Nevertheless, it’s fun to speculate about. I just wish they’d go back to the glory days of thinking we all live on a giant turtle.