However, there are flat earth heretics who believe in a different map, including ( as The Guardian detailed in 2016) one prominent flat earth YouTuber who believes that Antarctica is at the center of the flat disc, and not along the rim. Representation of a flat earth with revolving sun and moonįor a more detailed explanation of flat earth beliefs, see Ashley Feinberg’s concise explainer from 2016 here. Most flat earth models have the North Pole at the center of the flat disc and a ring of ice (Antarctica) surrounding it. The exact details of how a flat earth works differ among believers, but generally the earth is seen as a flat disc with the sun and moon revolving around it. The central tenet of the flat earth movement is obvious - the earth is flat, rather than a sphere. Here, we will outline what online flat earth communities look like, what they believe, and answer perhaps most commonly asked question about the flat earth theory: do people actually believe this? Flat Earth Beliefs After examining these flat earth online communities, it becomes clear that there are common threads and a similar vocabulary shared between them and the alt-right communities that gained prominence in 2016. This being the internet, it is not shocking to find groups who believe in anything, whether it is that pterodactyls still fly in our skies or that people live at the center of the “hollow earth.” While there are plenty of believers in chemtrails and vaccination conspiracies that rely on faulty science, these other fringe-of-the-fringe theories that refute the most basic scientific understanding of our world garner little to no mainstream traction. However, flat earth ideas have moved incrementally towards the mainstream. These statements brought light to what Live Science called “ the ultimate conspiracy theory” - a refutation of the globe, and with it, heliocentrism and even the theory of gravity.
In the spring of 2017, NBA superstar Kyrie Irving and NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal both publicly discussed their belief that the world is flat, although Shaq later clarified that he was joking.
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