NOT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD — Some people will go to the ends of the Earth just to prove something. For flat earthers, it's all too literal. <br /><br />According to Forbes, the latest plan to win the disk vs ball debate involves an Antarctic expedition to reach the edge of the world. <br /><br />The "real exact science," Flat Earth International Conference founder Robbie Davidson told Forbes, is that if you squish down a globe, Antarctica would be an ice shore that goes all the way around the Earth.<br /><br />It would have been nice to just have the crazies all sail right off the face of the planet. But apparently we're also in a dome, so that's not gonna happen.<br /><br />The flat earthers claim the Antarctic ice wall stretches 60,000 miles on a pancake vs just 14,500 on a ball, and think that by sailing around its coast, they can get the distance to flat out prove their point.<br /><br />According to Forbes, this all stems from a belief that the UN Antarctic Treaty of 1961 doesn't allow private explorations of Antarctica. Nevermind that a dude just did a solo trek across the continent, complete with GPS proof. But since the G in GPS stands for globe, the flat earthers are having none of it.<br /><br />In any case, we're all looking forward to that Antarctic expedition. Let's hope they get that spectacular failure on video.
