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| Oct 30, 2024 || [[Steven Alonzo]] || [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.journalofgeocentriccosmology.walterbislin Google Play App] || Created an app out of plagiarized Bislin code
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| Dec 21, 2024 || [[Eric Dubay]] || [https://youtu.be/mp3nih7SB98?t=5m52s YouTube video] (at 5m52s) || Carefully cropped to avoid crediting source. Likely inspired Angel’s use 7 days later
| Dec 21, 2024 || [[Eric Dubay]] || [https://youtu.be/mp3nih7SB98?t=5m52s YouTube video] (at 5m52s) || Carefully cropped to avoid crediting source. Likely inspired Angel’s use 7 days later

Revision as of 03:00, 17 January 2025

Screenshot of Walter Bislin’s model

Walter Bislin made an interactive JavaScript model showing that the flat earth requires light to bend in impossible ways.

Shane St. Pierre subsequently stole this model, tried to remove references to the source (except a derogatory footnote hidden at the bottom), and claimed it not only as his own work but as a flat earth proof instead of a debunk. His stolen version can be found here.

This has been used by innumerable flerfs now, with not one flerf ever calling out or correcting the dishonesty. They are still using it to this day (see below).

Recent Cases

Recent Cases of Flerfs Using Bislin’s Model
Date Perpetrator Link Note
Oct 30, 2024 Steven Alonzo Google Play App Created an app out of plagiarized Bislin code
Dec 21, 2024 Eric Dubay YouTube video (at 5m52s) Carefully cropped to avoid crediting source. Likely inspired Angel’s use 7 days later
Dec 28, 2024 Angel YouTube livestream (at 22m55s) On MDD. He used Bislin’s original, likely a sign that he knows full well that he was spreading a lie.