The second ingredient is a deep distrust in science, often inspired by religious motives. Their belief is based on an appeal to common sense as the world appears to be flat when we look at the horizon. Even though the map itself states that it is a projection of the world, flat earth believers nevertheless see it as a literal representation of the world they live on. The Gleason map is not a map of a flat earth but a polar azimuthal equidistant projection of the globe. Every printed map of the earth is flat, but somehow this one seems to have a special status. Needless to say that these experiments are not very convincing, but I respect their entrepreneurial attitude.Īdherents to the idea that the world is flat often propose Gleason's Map as their version of the correct representation of our planet. People who believe our planet is flat even conduct simple experiments and engage in naive flat earth mathematics.

The claims about a flat earth are hilarious and entertaining. These people pontificate that science as we know it is a 'globalist conspiracy'. YouTube contains thousands of videos from people that claim the earth is flat.

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