Flat-Earth Conspiracy Theory

The foundation of this theory begins with NASA, the moon landing in particular, as some believe it to be simulated or fabricated by the government. All the images we get from space all come from NASA so if the moon landing were fake, would it really be that preposterous to think that the rest of the things NASA has provided for us is fake? The next thing you must take into consideration in relation to the Flat-Earth Theory is religion, in the bible it states that in the world we live in there is the sea, the sky and the firmament. The firmament is a dome above the earth; the heavens lay above the firmament, furthermore the bible also mentions that the earth expands to its ‘four corners’. Simply, the flat-earth conspiracy is that we are not on a sphere we are simply on a plane (also where the word “planet” seems to have a hidden message, just “plane” but with a ‘t’­) and Antarctica surrounds us in an ice wall.  The main reason why Flat-Earth advocates believe that Antarctica surrounds the earth so whole heartedly is because in the late 1950’s there was a treaty signed by almost all the major countries of power to not let anyone go into Antarctica. So if you wanted to explore deep into Antarctica you are not permitted to, you may however go on small monitored explorations in Antarctica but never without a whole bunch of people watching you. Another reason to believe that Antarctica surrounds us with its ice wall is that airplanes never fly over Antarctica; they always make a strange detour around it.  The Flat-Earth conspiracy theory no matter how hard to believe and ridiculous it sounds, after reading into it with an open mind it is quite interesting to think about. It all really makes sense if you believe in the Simulation Theory as well, which will be discussed in the next blog post.

- Nadia Raisianzadeh