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The Final Experiment

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The Final Experiment (or TFE) is an endeavor created by Will Duffy to end the debate by bringing flat earthers and globers together to collaborate on a single experiment with an agreed-upon interpretation.

Description from the website FAQ:

The Final Experiment is a way to settle the shape of the Earth debate. Both the flat earth side and the globe side agree that whether or not there is a 24-hour sun in Antarctica will confirm if we live on a flat plane or on a globe. A 24-hour sun cannot work on a flat plane in the south. And the sun cannot set on a globe during the southern summer.

They traveled to Antarctica near the December solstice in 2024, to observe the 24-hour sun. The trip had four flat earthers and five globers that went.

Official TFE channels:

Participants vs Antarctica-Bound[edit]

At the start of TFE, Will chose 24 flat earthers and 24 globers who were invited to participate. Participants from these 48 invitees would be added to a “big scoreboard.”

However, to make entries on the scoreboard as easy as possible for invitees, traveling to Antarctica was not required. (Will only planned to offer 2 free trips anyway.)

Entry on the big scoreboard was possible by any one of three methods:

  1. Traveling to Antarctica, or
  2. Interviewing Will Duffy, or
  3. Suggesting an improvement to the experiment.

Antarctica Team[edit]

These are the people who physically traveled to Antarctica. (Those listed here who are not among the 48 original invitees don’t affect the big scoreboard.)

TFE Antarctica Team

Team Globe:

  • Will Duffy (self-funded)
  • Dave McKeegan (paid by Will)
  • CriticalThink (crowdfunded)
  • Michael Toon (crowdfunded)
  • Mark Hermon (paid by donor)

Team Flat Earth:

Invitees[edit]

Flat Earthers
Invitee Status Method Link
Dave Weiss rejected
Eric Dubay rejected
Jeran Campanella accepted interview & travel entry
Mark Sargent rejected
Matt Procella currently in prison
Dean Odle rejected
Nathan Oakley rejected
Austin Witsit accepted interview & travel entry
Dave Murphy no response
Tanner Stewart “Flat Earth Millionaire” no response
Matt Long no response
Flatzoid no response
Taboo Conspiracy no response
Eddie Bravo no response
Santos Bonacci no response
Kaleb Davis no response
Beyond the imaginary curve no response
Sean Griffin “Kingdom in Context” accepted interview entry
Ken Heidebrecht “Hanging on His Words” no response
Sean Hibbeler “Hibbeler Productions” no response
Robbie Davidson “Celebrate Truth” no response
Darryle Marble “D. Marble” no response
Bryce Mitchell “Thug Nasty” no response
Globebusters no response
Globers
Invitee Status Method Link
SciManDan accepted interview entry
Dave Farina “Professor Dave Explains” accepted interview entry
Dave McKeegan accepted travel
Michael Toon “Conspiracy Toonz” accepted interview & travel entry
The Creaky Blinder accepted interview entry
Craig McNeill “FTFE” accepted interview entry
Wolfie6020 accepted interview entry
Red’s Rhetoric no response
Globey McGlobeface accepted interview entry
Globemann no response
Bob the Science Guy accepted suggestion entry
Mr Sensible no response
Professor Stick no response
Astrokobi no response
Michael Jones “InspiringPhilosophy” no response
Chuck Nice “Startalk” no response
Mike Winger no response
Scott Manley no response
Mick West no response
Dr. Blitz “BlitzPhD” no response
Planarwalk accepted interview entry
Danny Faulkner “Answers in Genesis” no response
Ruslan Karaoglanov “Ruslan KD” no response
WheresWally accepted interview entry

Results[edit]

Dave McKeegan[edit]

Dave's Timelapse of the 24 hour Antarctic sun on YT. A panorama stitched from frames of this video results in this image:

Data Collected[edit]

See here for data on this wiki that was collected for TFE.


Experimentalizations[edit]

The list of experiments the may or may not be performed