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NASA says it's round | Dystopian Flash Fiction

Should we believe what NASA tells us about the shape of the Earth? Russell Cavanagh's micro-fiction discussing the flat-Earth versus the round-Earth debate.

"I don't know, and neither do you."

        "All the science says it's round."

        "No, NASA says it's round, and they need impossibly complex mathematics to try and prove it."

        "So you think it's flat then?"

        "I told you, I have no idea."

        "But all those NASA images ..."

        "NASA is a massive money-laundering scam. Everything about it is fake - even the logo is a snake tongue."

        "So you don't think we ever went to the Moon then?"

        "No."

        "But why would they lie?"

        "You admit there's a 'they'?"

        "Well, you know what I mean."

        "Whether or not we went to the moon is an entirely separate discussion - nothing to do with the shape of the Earth. In fact, what the Moon actually is is yet another conversation altogether."

        "What is the Moon then?"

        "No idea."

        "But you must believe something ... ?"

        "Do you know Plato's parable The Cave?"

        "No."

        "There's a great version on YouTube, with Orson Welles narrating. It's under ten minutes long. I'll show you it when we get to my apartment."

        "Your 'apartment'? That's very American, Why didn't you say your 'flat'?"

        "One thing at a time, my friend ... One thing at a time."














CC BY-ND 4.0 Russell Cavanagh

Matthew 4:8-9 - KJV 

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