But the idea started to become popular worldwide with the advent of the internet and social media sites such as YouTube. The idea of the flat Earth was thought to be limited to a few people, mainly in the UK.
The Flat Earth Research Society was established in 1956 by Samuel Shenton in the UK. The most famous flat earth theorist was the British writer Samuel Birley Rowbotham (1816-1884), who believed that the Earth was an immovable disk with the North Pole at the center and an ice wall replacing Antarctica that served as the outer boundary of the flat disc. Many scientific scholars also proved the spherical shape of the Earth.īut the idea of the flat Earth began to resurface in the 19 th century, especially from the people who wanted a return to the biblical interpretation of the world. The flat earth theory was discredited after explorers had circumnavigated around the Earth. In the medieval era, people believed that they would fall if they ventured beyond the horizon. Many Christian religious scholars were a strong proponent of the flat earth theory. The idea that the Earth may be flat can be traced to the bible in which the Earth is said to have four corners. Here we will take a close look at the Flat Earth theory from the skeptics’ eyes, those who reject the conventional theory about the shape of the Earth.
even wrote a track ‘Flatlike’, in which he criticizes astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson about the shape of the Earth. Basketball star Kyrie Irving stated in a podcast that the Earth is flat. Many celebs are convinced that the Earth is flat. A recent survey showed that one in six Americans don’t think that the world is round. The Flat Earth is the ultimate conspiracy theory that is spreading around the globe. While the shape of the Earth has been established for over two millennia to be spherical, some people, including the members of the ‘Flat Earth’ society, believe that the Earth is flat.
In the modern age with significant scientific advancements, archaic questions about the shape of the Earth still get lots of attention. Why do so many believe in the Flat Earth Theory? The Flat Earth Theory Is Spreading Around The Globe