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[embedded content] In Search of a Flat Earth is a documentary essay by Folding Ideas’ Dan Olson that starts out talking about people who believe the Earth is flat (and why it’s so difficult to convince them otherwise) but then takes a sharp turn toward a more recent and much more worrying …
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Anthropology | Researcher noted that flat Earthers conversion occurs, primarily, through deep immersion on YouTube videos *By Alexandre Briozo Gomes Filho *First published January 25th, 2024 *Photo: drobotdean – Freepik.com Among social trends that emerged in the 2010s, negationism is one that …
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[embedded content] Humans have known for millennia that we live on the surface of a spherical planet. Why, then, is there a growing number of people who seem to think Earth is flat? It turns out, believing Earth is flat requires throwing out our solid understanding of the way things like light, …
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Paul M. Sutter is an astrophysicist at SUNY Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of Ask a Spaceman and Space Radio, and author of How to Die in Space. A number of ancient cultures believed that the Earth was flat because, simply, they didn’t know any better. But today, there remain people …
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A pair of Flat-Earthers in Italy have been quarantined after trying to find the end of the world. The man and woman set sail in search of Lampedusa, an island between Sicily and North Africa, to prove there is an end to the world. A doctor at the Ministry of Health said: “The funny thing is that …
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Couple ended up in Ustica after breaking covid-19 lockdown. A pair of Flat Earth-enthusiasts from northern Italy set sail from Sicily with the intention of reaching the remote island of Lampedusa which – for them – represented the edge of a flat world, reports Italian paper of record Corriere della …
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I first encountered “Mad” Mike Hughes, a self-taught rocketeer, about a year before his death. He was speaking at the Adventurers’ Club of Los Angeles. The then-62-year-old flat-earther had already launched himself nearly 2,000 feet into the sky twice in steam-powered rockets that he’d built …
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In 2015, Brian Dolan decided not to pay for a digital TV subscription, reasoning that he could find all his entertainment for free online. It was a life changing moment. He ended up spending a lot of time watching conspiracy videos, and kept seeing pop-ups for videos made by people who believe the …
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