Perhaps if more people really could see for themselves the evidence, we might be able to reverse this worrying trend.

I wish Hughes well with his endeavor, as he has at least been willing to try and prove his theory. But the awareness of how easily images can be doctored and the growth of internet conspiracy theories appears to have fueled a resurgence of belief in a flat Earth.Īt the same time, there's a lack of understanding of the science that has long been used to demonstrate that we live on a globe, without the need to leave it. 'Mad' Mike Hughes is all set to build his own rocket to see for himself that the Earth is flat.įor the last 50 years, we've been able to view pictures of the Earth from space, which might seem like all the proof you need to see that our planet is in fact round.

Read the original article.Ĭould 2,000 years of belief be wrong? Are we in fact living on a disc rather than a globe? One believer from the Flat Earth Society is determined to find out. This article was originally published on The Conversation.

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