The flat Earth motives have shaken the world and have been traced undergoing several transformations in numerous cultures from South Asia to Medieval Europe.įigure 1: The flat Earth illustration in Egyptian cosmogony. Similar models were described by Homer in ‘Iliad’ and Hesiod in ‘Shield of Heracles’. The Israelites also imagined the Earth as a disk on the water with an arched roof of heaven above it (Berlin, 2011). Early Egyptian (Figure 1) and Mesopotamian mythologies described the world as having the shape of a disk floating in the ocean (Gottlieb, 2000). Throughout centuries, many ancient civilizations have built their belief systems upon the assumption that the Earth has the form of a plane. The flat Earth conviction has a long-standing history. This article will present some of the flat Earth conspiracy theory argumentation and analyze why it has gained so much popularity in the face of millions of followers worldwide. The theory’s enthusiasts gather in online groups discussing their belief system. The Internet offers a variety of different arguments on why the official round Earth narrative should be reconsidered. The flat Earth belief is pseudoscientific, yet it keeps on reappearing in the media.
0 kommentar(er)
