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disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨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.

Dave 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 Dave handled what I imagine to be very profound, and very public, cognitive dissonance.

youtu.be/in0B1OQG3-M

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notjustlurking@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨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.

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- disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨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.
  
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  - werefreeatlast@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    This sounds like chat got. Are you chatgpt? Because you’re supposed to tell me if I ask right?
    
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    disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I’m just a person who can’t find the video anymore. Lol
    
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DmMacniel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨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.

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- LordWiggle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I agree to go too. Where is my ticket?
  
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SkyezOpen@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Wait, did jeren flip? I know whitsit said it was evidence for the globe but didn’t concede his stance.

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Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Dave McKeegan isn’t a flat earther

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OmegaLemmy@discuss.online ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Damn I should pretend to be a flat earther that trip to Antarctica sounds sick

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GojuRyu@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨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.

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