A lot of
people believe in Flat Earth Theory. Some may be surprised to learn that people
still hold such views. After all, the Earth has been photographed from space.
But such photos could have been faked by the evil forces who secretly control
the world, right? And all those centuries of scientific evidence suggesting that
the Earth is spherical could be wrong, right?
In America
interest in the flat-Earth movement appears to be growing. In September Bobby
Ray Simmons Jr., a rapper also known as B.o.B, launched a crowd-funding
campaign to send satellites into orbit to determine the Earth’s shape. On
November 9th, 500 “flat-Earthers” assembled in North Carolina for the first
annual Flat Earth International Conference. Data from Google Trends show that
in the past two years, searches for “flat earth” have more than tripled (see
chart).
Conspiracy
theories are not always harmless. The bogus notion that vaccines cause autism
has led to a decline in immunization rates in some places, which has allowed
outbreaks of measles.
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