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Humans have known the Earth is round for more than 2,000 years, but a movement questioning that fact has reached the corners of American politics.

People involved in politics in Alabama, Georgia and Minnesota have attracted attention for their links to the flat Earth movement, although their beliefs and reasoning vary.

To some, the beliefs have a spiritual connection. Others say they have a healthy skepticism of scientific consensus.

Data from a 2021 University of New Hampshire survey shows nearly 10% of Americans believe the Earth is flat, indicating how widespread pseudo-scientific conspiracy theories are emerging in the U.S.

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[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

I highly recommend the documentary Behind The Curve. It's both hilarious and frustrating in equal measure, since it charts the antics of the flat earther movement (mostly on America, but these people are all over the globe, sadly).

The hilarious part is how these people keep doing experiments throughout the documentary to prove the world is flat, and their experiments keep coming back showing it's a globe. But they just double down and assume they did something wrong.

It's a fascinating insight into mad delusion, and has some great examples of the Dunning-Kruger effect.