Flat Earth conspiracy is growing especially among born again religious zealots
600 people went to their third annual conference in Dallas, Texas.
This is scary:
A YouGov survey of more than 8,000 American adults suggested last year that
as many as one in six Americans are not entirely certain the world is round,
while a 2019 Datafolha Ins ute survey of more than 2,000 Brazilian adults indicated that 7% of people in that country reject that concept
The event's schedule resembled any corporate conference, with some fairly noticeable twists.
Speakers gave presentations including
"Space is Fake" and
"Testing The Moon: A Globe Lie Perspective."
Awards for the year's best flat Earth-related videos were handed out.
And believers reveled in an opportunity to meet several of the movement's most influential minds.
On a clear day, the curvature of the Earth can be seen from an airplane window. But remarkably, the hundreds of flat Earthers at the Dallas gathering were just a small portion of the movement.
People in every pocket of this spherical planet are rejecting science and spreading the word that the Earth is flat.
There's no clear study indicating how many people have been convinced -- and
flat Earthers like Weiss will tell you without evidence there are millions more in the closet anyway,
including Hollywood A-listers and commercial airline pilots
-- but online communities have hundreds of thousands of followers and YouTube is inundated with flat-Earth content creators, whose productions reach millions.
The Flat Earth Society has 200,000 followers on Facebook.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/201...tail=emaildkre