RE: “Flat Earth, Eclipsed,” part of our Eclipse Issue [Aug 16], about flat-Earthers’ attempts to explain the eclipse. “In roughly 300 BCE, Greek philosopher Aristotle changed everything by mansplaining that, actually, our planet is a rotating sphere. The flat-Earth theory was debunked,” Kathleen Marie wrote. “Except… in 2017, in the case of people who still think Earth is flat.”
I saw your flat-Earth article online, and I disagreed. You mention a lot of good stuff, and then you just—all the sudden—said the Earth was a spinning sphere. But I didn’t understand why, or how. Please, could you write another article and put some more light on this? Maybe put some light on NASA? Because it’s happening, and the eclipse is big, and you might want to jump on it.
Anonymous, via voicemail
Hello, Mr. Manager. I read your article about the eclipse with the flat-Earthers. I don’t agree that this eclipse proves that we live on a spinning sphere. I’m not asking you to retract the statement, but maybe just to give it another chance. We might be living on a stationary Earth with moving lights instead. If you have time, please write another article in favor of the Earth being level and motionless.
Besides that, it was a great article. Thank you.
Anonymous, via voicemail
And oh, THERE’S MORE.
