"Conspiracy theories aren't necessarily powerful because they make sense, they are powerful because they affirm a set of beliefs somebody already has. Believers know the "truth" and there are others working against the, trying to "dupe" them. Weill adds that varying theories have a through line - they present an in-group versus out-group narrative. and it is a very conspiracy-steeped community where people don't just believe in Flat Earth, they believe in a variety of fringe beliefs." "It is often a very religious culture, a lot of people are quite evangelical, but it doesn't need to be there is nothing inherently religious in Flat Earth theory," Weill said. Flat Earthers now have their own theories to explain how the flat world works, as Weill discovered while embedded in the Flat Earth community, researching for her book. The flat earth society believe that N.A.S.A has been fooling the world by photo cropping photos of. That attitude has evolved over the years. They are also saying it was started by Matthew Boylan. Flat-Earther origins go all the way back to the 1830s, when one man decided he personally needed to see that the earth was round to truly believe it. Flat-Earthers and other believers of the moon hoax conspiracy. But "Flat-Earthers" have been around much longer. To make an in-joke out of it, some films & other media featured the conspiracy theory as a parody.
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