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Interest in the ‘Flat Earth’ conspiracy theory is skyrocketing
The Sun ^ | December 13, 2017 | Patrick Knox

Posted on 12/15/2017 12:30:37 PM PST by Gamecock

Support for the Flat Earth movement has been exploding in popularity, with millions believing NASA is trying to dupe us about the shape of our planet.

Google Trends data reveals searches for “flat earth” in the past two years have tripled, with a 90 percent surge in interest in the cranky conspiracy theory.

High-profile celebrity endorsements have helped grow a community of people who reject “globehead” thinking and insist that the world is in fact flat.

Those coming out about their belief include NBA player Kyrie Irving, who said in a podcast that he believed the Earth is not the globe we thought it was.

Then in September, rapper Bobby Ray Simmons Jr, aka B.o.B, launched a crowdfunding campaign to send satellites into orbit to confirm Earth’s shape.

Other celeb “flat-earthers” include Tila Tequila and cricket star Freddy Flintoff.

Outrageous stunts “proving” Earth is not a sphere have also been championing the cause.

Californian “Mad” Mike Hughes has built himself a homemade rocket out of scrap metal with the intention of seeing for himself the shape of terra firma.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: battlestarmoronica; bobbyraysimmonsjr; california; earth; flatearth; flatearthliars; flatearthmorons; freddyflintoff; kyrieirving; madmikehughes; mentalillness; mikehughes; orangecounty; tilatequila
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1 posted on 12/15/2017 12:30:37 PM PST by Gamecock
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From the link:


Two women wearing Flat Earth T-shirts at a "flat-earther" meetup on March 25, in Orange County, California

2 posted on 12/15/2017 12:31:36 PM PST by Gamecock (The greatest threat to humanity is not "out there" but "in here" in the recesses of the soul. TK)
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To: Gamecock

Where’s the drip kick edge?


3 posted on 12/15/2017 12:36:27 PM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Gamecock

Isaiah 40:22 KJV:

...” It is he that sitteth upon the ‘circle’ of the earth”....


4 posted on 12/15/2017 12:37:36 PM PST by caww (freeen)
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To: Gamecock

Glad to see such intellects as rapper “B.o.B” chiming in on the discussion.


5 posted on 12/15/2017 12:38:32 PM PST by Inyo-Mono
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To: Gamecock

An inevitable consequence of the half century of MSM media malpractice, no one believes anything anymore...


6 posted on 12/15/2017 12:39:13 PM PST by GraceG ("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, than it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
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To: Gamecock

Ya know, I would be tempted to join something like this on a lark, but I’m afraid these folks are serious.


7 posted on 12/15/2017 12:39:39 PM PST by SargeK
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To: Gamecock

Have any of these idiots flown intercontinentally?! Or at all? (At 35,000 feet you can see the curvature or the Earth.)


8 posted on 12/15/2017 12:39:52 PM PST by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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9 posted on 12/15/2017 12:40:20 PM PST by GraceG ("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, than it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
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Well, we can see plainly the education level in the US is just about on par with Zimbabwe and that might be an overstatement ...


10 posted on 12/15/2017 12:40:21 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: caww

They didn’t have a word for sphere back then. A sphere is simply a 3D circle.


11 posted on 12/15/2017 12:40:49 PM PST by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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To: Gamecock

Meanwhile, a group in Kansas is trying to promote the Flat State theory.


12 posted on 12/15/2017 12:41:37 PM PST by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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The world is round, but hollow, with a sun at the center. That’s where the flying saucers come from.


13 posted on 12/15/2017 12:43:14 PM PST by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: Gamecock

Sounds like somebody has made another bet they can start another religion.

Anybody remember when the popularity rise started with bottled water? Evian. Evian spelled backwards is Naive.


14 posted on 12/15/2017 12:43:17 PM PST by Fhios (1987: Where's Waldo -- 2017: Where's Jeff Sessions.)
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To: Gamecock

And yet none of these crack pots can give a credible explanation of how it can be day in Europe while night in the U.S.


15 posted on 12/15/2017 12:44:40 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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“(At 35,000 feet you can see the curvature or the Earth.)”

These duped idiots would probably accept that as “Bent Earth” than admit to a sphere.


16 posted on 12/15/2017 12:45:32 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Conservatives seek the truth. Democrats seek the power to say what truth is.)
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To: GraceG

LOL


17 posted on 12/15/2017 12:46:10 PM PST by Envisioning (Carry safe, always carry, everyday, everywhere.)
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To: Gamecock

This is so stupid my mind aches. . .


18 posted on 12/15/2017 12:47:05 PM PST by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you racist, bigot!)
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We have arrived at the Age of Intentional Ignorance. We were carried here by the Media-Democrat-Republican caravan.


19 posted on 12/15/2017 12:47:05 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (The GOP-Democrat-Media Uniparty must be destroyed.)
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To: caww

Ah, Ring World...


20 posted on 12/15/2017 12:47:52 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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