In kind of rum but also oh - God - why newsworthiness , former NBA basketball player and scientist - in - training Shaquille O’Neal has claimed Earth is flat . How does he know this ? Because it seems flat when he drives from glide to slide .   We really hope he was joke .

“ I take from seacoast to coast , and this shucks is two-dimensional to me . I ’m just saying . I drive from Florida to California all the clip , and it ’s flat to me . I do not go up and down at a 360 - stage slant , and all that stuff about soberness , have you looked outside Atlanta lately and interpret all these buildings ? You mean to secernate me that China is under us ? China is under us ? It ’s not . The existence is monotonous . ”

When one of his Centennial State - hosts   noted we had artificial satellite imagery of Earth orient out that Earth was , indeed , round , he responded : “ Oh satellite imagery ? That could be [ a ] poke or made up . ”

And to cement his aspect , he added : “ I ’m just say that when I drive from Florida to New York – flat . New York to Seattle – mat . Seattle to LA – flat . ”

So what shape does Shaq think Earth is ? Why , the future Nobel Prize winner proudly declared “ it ’s a foursquare ” .

The compressed Earth claim was also backed by Golden State Warriors player Draymond Green , whosaid : “ I ’m not saying I think it ’s flat or circular . I do n’t know but it could be . ”

There ’s also Denver Nuggets thespian Wilson Chandler , whotweeted : “ I correspond with him [ Kyrie ] . ”

Why , why , why do these people trust Earth is flat ? Who knows . A flunk of the educational system ? Maybe . grow mistrust of “ experts ” ? Possibly . A really atrocious trick ? God , I hope so .

Just in causa you did think Earth was bland , here ’s some informationon why it ’s not .

At least Trump has n’t outed himself as a flat - Earther yet too , think the other scientific discipline herefuses to believe . We ’ll let you know if there ’s any update .