In recent years, the Flat Earth Theory has gained traction among a small group of people who claim that the earth is not a spinning sphere but rather a flat disc.
This mind-boggling theory has taken the internet by storm, leaving many people in disbelief.
With the wealth of knowledge and evidence at our fingertips, it’s hard to imagine how anyone can believe such a far-fetched theory.
However, despite overwhelming proof, flat earthers continue to propagate their theory and even go as far as to claim that NASA and other space agencies are hiding the truth from the public.
This article will debunk some of the most common flat earth theories and explore why this idea has become so popular recently.
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Is the Earth Flat? Believed by who?
Honestly, it is not only the scientist or the researchers who believe that the Earth is flat. There are many celebrities as well who have the same beliefs and believe that the Earth is Flat.
Let’s take an example of a rapper-singer Bobby Ray Simmons Jr., also known as B.o.B, had released a track in 2016 which is called Flatline, in which he disses astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
B.o.B believes that the Earth is flat. Once, the rapper tweeted “No matter how high in elevation you are.. the horizon is always eye level. Sorry cadets. I didn’t wanna believe it either.”
Former NBA player Shaquille O’Neal proclaimed in a podcast that aired around 2017 that our home planet is flat. He said that when he drives from Florida to California, “it’s flat to me.” Though, Shaq later said he was kidding.
A YouTuber like Marble posted a video on YouTube in 2017 and said that he brought a spirit level aboard a flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Seattle, Washington, to see whether the plane’s nose would dip to compensate for the curvature of the world, he said.
On the video, he said that he recorded a 23-minute and 45-second time-lapse, which by those measurements, means the plane traveled a little over 203 miles.
The Zetetic Method Theory:
This theory is called The Zetetic Method, an alternative to the scientific method developed by a 19th-century flat-earther, in which sensory observations reign supreme.
In the Zetetic view, the perception that Earth is flat leads to the result that it must be flat.
Zetetic methods flourished in England around 1800, meaning Zetetic is seeker or skeptic, and flat-earthers took this name to symbolize their views of the shape of the Earth.
Samuel Birley Rowbotham (1816-1884), a 19th-century religious fundamentalist, promoted the flat earth philosophy. He is a well-known historical figure and wrote under many pseudonyms like Tryon, S. Goulden, Parallax, and Dr. Birley. His major work was Earth Not a Globe which was written around 1849.
John Hampden (1819-1891) founded the Truth-seekers Oracle and Scriptural Science Review in about 1876 and promoted the flat earth idea in England. In around 1870, Hampden bet with naturalist Alfred Wallace on the outcome of a test of the flatness of water in the Old Bedford Canal, and both sides tried the test to confirm their views, and flat-earthers still assert that water surfaces have been proven to be flat.
Other flat-earthers were active during this time, William Carpenter wrote One Hundred Proofs that the Earth is not a Globe in about 1885.
Lady Blount, the wife of Sir Walter de Sodrington Blount, promoted flat earth ideas and founded and edited the journal Earth from 1900 to 1904.
Scotsman John Alexander Dowie (1847-1907) studied at Edinburgh University, then later on, he established a pastorate near Sydney, Australia, and included flat earth dogma in his theology.
The Earth was flat in Zion:
In around 1888, Scotsman John Alexander Dowie – (1847-1907) got these ideas to America, founded the Christian Catholic Church in Chicago, and was known as a faith healer.
The church grew, and Dowie finally realized his dream of founding a Christian community in 1901. As the community grew rapidly, Dowie slowly moved away from the simple life he had earlier been living.
Later, he resided in a 25-room mansion and designed magnificent ecclesiastical robes.
All the community members thought he was wearing too much style, so his wife was also criticized. In around 1906, Dowie was forced to resign from his position after he suffered a stroke.
NASA conspiracy and every other of it are just rationalizations for a way that may add practice.
Conspiracy theory psychology:
Expert psychologist Karen Douglas who studies the psychology of conspiracy theories, says that flat-earther’s beliefs are the same as those of other conspiracy theorists she has already studied.
She had said all conspiracy theories share a basic thrust. Instead, they present an alternative theory about an important issue or event and construct a vague explanation for why someone is covering up that true version of events.
Flat-earthers are more adamant that the Earth is flat and try to prove it than most people are that the Earth is round, maybe because they feel they have nothing to prove.
Conclusion:
The flat Earth concept is about the Earth’s Shape. Many ancient people held to a belief that the Earth is flat in shape, including people of Greece until the classical period,
India until the Gupta period and China until the 17th century.
Everybody in this group has got their top conspiracies. You can walk around door to door or near them, and those conspiracies would differ from person to person. But, if you ask them about the Earth, everybody’s number one is always flat Earth as they all believe in Earth’s shape to be flat.
Despite the scientific fact that the shape of the Earth is round, flat Earth conspiracy theories have emerged in the modern flat earth society, and it’s increasing by individuals who use social media and growing rapidly because of that.