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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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Business Insider UK spoke with astronomer Stuart Clark, author of “Unknown Universe,” about why people still believe in a flat earth.Stuart Clark theorises that flat-earthers could be doing it for “comic effect”.He then goes on to address other questions that would arise as a result of flat earth …
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In the stew of false information and conspiracy theories that swirls online, perhaps no idea is as flummoxing as the belief in a flat Earth. Flat-Earthers believe that the Earth is a flat disc ringed by an ice wall. All those elegant models of a round Earth that perfectly explain seasons, eclipses, …
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Support for the Flat Earth movement has been exploding in popularity, with millions believing NASA is trying to dupe us about the shape of our planet. Google Trends data reveals searches for “flat earth” in the past two years have tripled, with a 90 percent surge in interest in the cranky …
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According to Mike Hughes, who recently canceled his plans to launch himself 1,800 feet high in a homemade scrap metal rocket to prove the Earth is flat, “There’s no difference between science and science fiction.” It may shock you to find out Hughes’ suspicion the Earth is flat is not one unique to …
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