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A YouTuber has braved the inside of a Flat Earth convention where people believe that NASA “is the creation of the devil”.
Many ancient cultures believed in Flat Earth theory until it was scientifically disproven and the world came to realize that the Earth is a globe.
Despite Greek philosopher Plato writing about a spherical Earth back in the early fourth century BC, there’s been a recent resurgence in Flat Earth belief.
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Now, the idea has turned into a full blown conspiracy theory, with many so-called Flat Earthers believing that NASA is trying to pull the wool over our eyes.
The group have even been holding conferences, one of which was attended by YouTuber Dylan Dubeau, for his channel Not Exactly Normal.
In the video, Dubeau said: “From what I've learned, the Flat Earth movement is all about skepticism, it's about questioning everything that you've been taught which is something that I'm sure Globe Earth Believers would support - not that you should mention globers around here.”
Flat Earthers even have their own map of what they think the world looks like, complete with a supposed giant wall formed by Antarctica.
Dubeau documented his day as he listened in on speakers including Rick Hummer and Robbie Davidson.
In the clip, one speaker said: “The atmosphere is a dome, either physical or ethereal, and stars and planets are just points of light outside the dome.
“A core belief is that the employees of NASA are a bunch of liars we're going to go through where NASA came from and why I don't think that you should believe… they're liars, they film their scenes underwater in pools and then superimpose them using green screens to get them onto CGI spaceships.”
Dubeau explains that Flat Earthers “view NASA as the creation of the devil and it was through the devil that NASA was founded by Nazis, Freemasons and scientologists in order to convince the world that God doesn't exist”.
The YouTuber goes on to say that people who subscribe to the conspiracy theory of a Flat Earth “don't believe that the Earth fits in with the heliocentric model of our solar system and instead believe that we are the center of everything.
“In their model, the sun and the moon are much smaller and orbit in concentric
patterns somewhat like the yin yang symbol.
“Many believe that space isn't real and that satellites are just suspended from balloons.”
Viewers of the footage took to the YouTube comment section to share their reactions, with one user writing: “Science is basically just finding evidence to come to a conclusion, but NOT start with a conclusion and select certain evidence to support your conclusion.”
Another joked: “The combined IQ of the convention was about negative 14.”
A third said: “I have visited one of these conference and it really opened up my mind. I would recommend anyone to visit Flat Earth conference. It will make you feel like you are the smartest person there.”
And a fourth added: “Flat earth isn't about skepticism, it's about denial.”
