![]() ![]() Meet real Flat Earthers, a small but growing contingent of people who firmly believe in a conspiracy to suppress the truth that the Earth is flat. "Conspiracy theories aren't necessarily powerful because they make sense, they are powerful because they affirm a set of beliefs somebody already has. Sargent, Patti Sargent, Hannalore Gerling-Dunsmore, Joe Pierre. ![]() Believers know the "truth" and there are others working against the, trying to "dupe" them. Believers in QAnon, a far-right conspiracy theory that falsely accuses former president Donald Trump’s rivals of satanic pedophilia and cannibalism, sometimes claim that journalists rise at four. Weill adds that varying theories have a through line - they present an in-group versus out-group narrative. The ‘Flat Earth’ conspiracy theory is so ludicrous that people often take it to be a parody. and it is a very conspiracy-steeped community where people don't just believe in Flat Earth, they believe in a variety of fringe beliefs." "It is often a very religious culture, a lot of people are quite evangelical, but it doesn't need to be there is nothing inherently religious in Flat Earth theory," Weill said. The second theme is a conspiracy theory that sees ordinary people stand against a ruling elite of corrupt politicians and celebrities. ![]() Flat Earthers now have their own theories to explain how the flat world works, as Weill discovered while embedded in the Flat Earth community, researching for her book. The three themes of the flat-Earth theory. That attitude has evolved over the years. Flat-Earther origins go all the way back to the 1830s, when one man decided he personally needed to see that the earth was round to truly believe it. But "Flat-Earthers" have been around much longer. ![]()
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