![]() ![]() But it is a whole different world now, conspiracy-theory-wise, so Kelly Weill thought an update was in order. It is the second such book, in fact Christine Garwood wrote Flat Earth: The History of an Infamous Idea in 2007. It does get there, but really it is a book about the history of the Flat Earth movement as the sort of original conspiracy theory. But however outlandish or strange some ideas may be, it is important to see why someone believes what they do, instead of shutting them out.Off the Edge is not a book about conspiracy theories, exactly. The Earth could be round, a disc, a triangle, or even a rectangle. Well what about all the money NASA uses? What’s that for? Some (not all) think it’s funding for a breakaway government for life on Mars, or goes straight to the military or astronauts to keep them quiet. If there is no core to pull us down, how does it work? The common answer is that the Earth, a disc, is accelerating up at the same rate as gravity, 9.8 m/s ². Common arguments against Flat Earth Theory would be gravity. ![]() If you’re easily swayed to certain ideas, then you can probably be convinced the Earth is flat. So we’ve established that NASA isn’t exactly the most benevolent force, but that was decades ago, right? Well some argue that the same scientists train people, and there could be more operations we know nothing about.īack to Flat Earth. Also among the wider population “Operation Starfish Prime ” and “Operation Fishbowl”, where hydrogen bombs were detonated in the upper atmosphere trying to ignite the Earth. NASA was the prime agency in which they were assigned to. Not many people know of “Operation Paperclip”, the top-secret CIA operation where thousands of Nazi scientists were brought to work in the United States, the UK, and the Soviet Union. Some with PHDs in pseudo-science still live in the Dark ages.īut to truly comprehend the scope of Flat Earth “Theory”, you have to see where they’re coming from. ![]() But yes, haven’t you heard? Space is fake and the Earth is flat. ![]() This one is ridiculous, and probably half the people that “believe” are hopefully just contrarians, or it’s satire. ![]()
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