flat earthers
Disk planet believers
Flat earthers are people who believe the Earth is flat rather than spherical, rejecting established science.
The term usually carries dismissive or mocking connotations, implying someone who denies obvious evidence: Trying to convince him is like arguing with flat earthers.
The movement gained visibility through internet communities in the early 21st century.
Bogus methodology posing as factual
- anti-intellectualismHostility toward educated thought
- distrustAbsence of confidence
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- contrarianChronic majority-opposer
echo chamber · confirmation bias · cognitive dissonance · motivated reasoning · Dunning-Kruger · rejection · willful ignorance · credentialism
Hiding wrongdoing from public
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
- disinformationIntentional deceptive falsehoods
- misinformationFalse data spread unintentionally
- NASAFederal space exploration bureau
suppression · deception · Antarctica · ice wall · firmament · dome · whistleblower · awakening
Flat circular object
- ice wallVertical frozen water structure
- firmamentThe arching sky above
- domeRounded vault forming roof
- AntarcticaSouthernmost continental landmass
edge · horizon · geocentrism · perspective · vanishing point · eye level · water level · density
Disproving a statement
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- curvatureDeviation from flatness
- lunar eclipseEarth blocks sunlight reaching moon
- time zonesRegional clock-setting divisions
satellite imagery · flight paths · Eratosthenes · shadows · circumnavigation · astronauts · physics · scientific method
Those having faith
- followersPeople who support someone
- movementChange in position
- societyOrganized communal human existence
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
online forums · meetups · documentaries · influencers · podcasts · subreddit · rallies · merchandise
pseudoscience
Bogus methodology posing as factual
- anti-intellectualismHostility toward educated thought
- distrustAbsence of confidence
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
contrarian · echo chamber · confirmation bias · cognitive dissonance · motivated reasoning · Dunning-Kruger · rejection · willful ignorance · credentialism · gatekeeping
cover-up
Hiding wrongdoing from public
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
- disinformationIntentional deceptive falsehoods
- misinformationFalse data spread unintentionally
NASA · suppression · deception · Antarctica · ice wall · firmament · dome · whistleblower · awakening · red pill
disc
Flat circular object
Antarctica · edge · horizon · geocentrism · perspective · vanishing point · eye level · water level · density
refutation
Disproving a statement
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- curvatureDeviation from flatness
- lunar eclipseEarth blocks sunlight reaching moon
time zones · satellite imagery · flight paths · Eratosthenes · shadows · circumnavigation · astronauts · physics · scientific method · critical thinking
believers
Those having faith
- followersPeople who support someone
- movementChange in position
- societyOrganized communal human existence
convention · online forums · meetups · documentaries · influencers · podcasts · subreddit · rallies · merchandise
- fringe believerstruthers, conspiracy theorists, QAnon, moon landing deniers, election deniers
- comedy targetspoliticians, lawyers, in-laws, teenagers, bosses
- Pseudohistorians
- Fringe Groupsmilitias, extremists, radicals, separatists, dissidents
flat earthersscientists
Systematic knowledge seekers
empiricists · rationalists · skeptics · critical thinkers · astronomers
flat earthersGalileo
Renaissance astronomer from Italy
Carl Sagan · Neil deGrasse Tyson · NASA · astronomers · astrophysicists
flat, earth, flatter, flattest, flatly, flatten, flattened, flattening, flatness