Flat-Earthers
The Flat Earth
I was reading this article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7540427.stm) the other day on BBC.
I generally think that people who believe in conspiracy theories are nuts but this group of people genuinely believe that the world is a flat disc…
It is similar to other conspiracy theories because they believe that there are hundreds of people being paid to keep quiet. Why didn’t the people who started these conspiracy theories ever get offered money also? Simple, it’s not true. If the government has the resources and power to pull off these kind of conspiracy theories, then they would be able to shut up some nerds making documentaries in their basement.
And secondly (but most importantly), I’m struggling to see why anyone would go through such extreme methods to make everyone believe the earth is round. How the hell would someone benefit from the earth being round? At least other conspiracy theories have a motive (even if its imaginary), but this one seems to have absolutely no reason for the conspiracy…
I worry for our species some times… go think about something useful and stop watching so much TV.
