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A daredevil lost his life in an ambitious attempt to prove that the earth is flat.’Mad’ Mike Hughes – who was well-known for his flat earth theory – claimed he wanted to prove the doubters wrong by flying to space in his homemade rocket.The 64-year-old limousine driver, from the US, was aiming to …
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Despite the idea of a ‘flat Earth’ being scientifically disproven, thousands of conspiracy theorists across the globe are still convinced our planet is a smooth plane.The specific cohort of people who think our home is totally flat and has an edge you could fall off from are called ‘Flat …
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Enter Tyson, one of the great explanatory scientists of our age. He’s an astrophysicist who communes with the masses. He has explained the universe on Twitter and hosted a well-reviewed sequel to Carl Sagan’s science show “Cosmos.” So surely he can convince the world it’s round. In fairness to him, …
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Business Insider spoke to Dr. Jan-Willem van Prooijen, associate professor of psychology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.Dr. van Prooijen said people are often drawn to conspiracy theories after major diasters as a way of coping with their fear.He added he finds the flat earth and hollow earth …
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Geno Smith has been studying this whole flat earth thing Breaking News
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Yesterday’s successful launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket also sent an unusual payload into space: a cherry-red Tesla Roadster “manned” by a dummy named Starman and equipped with cameras that provided gorgeous views of Earth against the backdrop of space. But flat-Earthers aren’t buying it. …
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A believer in flat-Earth conspiracies took another shot at shooting himself toward the stratosphere in a homemade rocket. Once again, it fell flat. “Mad Mike” Hughes, a self-proclaimed daredevil who rejects the fact that the Earth is round, posted a video on his Facebook page about two weeks ago …
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Moving with missionary zeal, Nathan Thompson swept into a brewpub here bearing a battered globe under his arm with the words “this is a scam” scrawled on the side. He dropped the defaced orb like a vanquished enemy on a table amid pints of beer. “They say we are cult,” he announced, “but the globe …
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Kyrie Irving adopted a theory that the Earth is not round, but flat, last season. Now, in an appearance on the Jan. 12 edition of The J.J. Redick Podcast, Irving admitted his flat Earth theory came from none other than Instagram, and that there wasn’t much research outside of social media on his …
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