I find it so interesting that there is even a "debate" about the shape of the planet in 2017. I think it really could be flat, mostly because in almost a year of research, I haven't found any irrefutable evidence of curvature. It should be very easy to prove something as basic as the shape of the Earth and that responsibility lies in NASA, who is doing a terrible job. That's not to say that there is an accurate flat earth model or theory, but the heliocentric model has had hundreds of years to be perfected and when you really break it down, it is far from perfect. The Earth could be an infinite plane, more land, other animals or people or anything we could imagine. I don't believe it's a disc or a turtle floating though "space" and neither do most flat Earthers. Stars are just lights in the sky until we know what they really are. Maybe we are meant to never understand the true nature of our existence. The heliocentric model could simply be a narrative created to control and contain us. Maybe a new narrative will replace the old as we enter the virtual reality era and start to consider that we are living in a simulation. In which case the shape of the Earth no longer matters, but how we get to that point is exciting to watch.