![]() ![]() The ones believing in this Theory call themself “The Flat Earth Society” and the importance about this is that even though there is evidence to the contrary they claim those “ to be fabrications of a ‘round Earth conspiracy’”(Wolchover). They claim the Earth to be flat because for them it feels like and looks like it is. It is considered one of the most controversial conspiracy theories existing. This theory started to become more and more popular around 2009 and is growing ever since. Despite the scientific fact and obvious effects of Earth's sphericity, pseudoscientific flat-Earth conspiracy theories are espoused by modern flat Earth societies and, increasingly, by unaffiliated individuals using social media.People who belief in the Flat Earth Theory hold the conviction that the earth is flat and not round. This myth was created in the 17th century by Protestants to argue against Catholic teachings. ![]() It is a historical myth that medieval Europeans generally thought the Earth was flat. By the early period of the Christian Church, the spherical view was widely held, with some notable exceptions. Knowledge of the Earth's global shape gradually began to spread beyond the Hellenistic world. By about 330 BC, his former student Aristotle had provided strong empirical evidence for a spherical Earth. In the early 4th century BC, Plato wrote about a spherical Earth. However, most pre-Socratics (6th–5th century BC) retained the flat-Earth model. The idea of a spherical Earth appeared in ancient Greek philosophy with Pythagoras (6th century BC). The map contains several references to biblical passages as well as various jabs at the "Globe Theory". Flat Earth map drawn by Orlando Ferguson in 1893. ![]()
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