The leading flat-earther theory holds that Earth is a disc with the Arctic Circle in the center and Antarctica, a 150-foot-tall (45 meters) wall of ice, around the rim. This flat Earth map drawn by Orlando Ferguson in 1893 is also considered the Bible Map of the World. I didn't wanna believe it either.' In 2018, NBA player Kyrie Irving had to apologize after causing a media controversy by speculating that the Earth was flat on a 2017 podcast. A day earlier, the rapper tweeted: 'No matter how high in elevation you are. (known as B.o.B) released a track called 'Flatline' in which he disses astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, after the two had a Twitter battle over the spherical-ness of the planet. 25, 2016, rapper-singer Bobby Ray Simmons Jr. There was very little evidence of differences in this belief by political affiliation, with any differences between Trump voters, Clinton voters and third-party voters falling within the poll's margin of error of 3.2%.Ī 2018 article in the Colorado Sun on a flat Earth convention in Denver found that many attendees believed a whole suite of conspiracy theories, such as that all politicians are actors and that powerful shadowy forces control the world.įlat-earthers occasionally get a boost from celebrity believers. A 2017 national poll by Public Policy Polling found that only 1% of Americans believed the Earth was flat, with an additional 6% saying they weren't sure.

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