The Final Experiment
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
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:
- Traveling to Antarctica, or
- Interviewing Will Duffy, or
- Suggesting an improvement to the experiment.
Antarctica Team
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.)
Team Globe:
- Will Duffy (self-funded)
- Dave McKeegan (paid by Will)
- CriticalThink (crowdfunded)
- Michael Toon (crowdfunded)
- Mark Hermon (paid by donor)
Team Flat Earth:
- Jeran Campanella (paid by Will)
- Austin Witsit (paid by Will)
- Lisbeth Acosta (Golden Ticket winner / crowdfunded)
- Jonathan Mariande
Invitees
| 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 |
| 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
Dave McKeegan
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
See here for data on this wiki that was collected for TFE.
Experimentalizations
The list of experiments the may or may not be performed