![]() Subscribe to the Thread newsletter for the latest book and author news and must-read recommendations. Cosby’s mystery novels and why you should, too. I hope you’ll catch my interview with her in a few weeks on my Friday Book show. How can people really believe that the Earth isn’t round To understand Flat Earthers, and other people who hold unconventional beliefs, we need to first consider what it means to believe. She writes: “The fringe wasn’t fringe anymore.” Weill also points out that Donald Trump’s election in 2020 and his tweeted support for quack doctors and hoax COVID cures lit a match under the conspiracy world. Day and night happen at different times at different places on earth. This can lead to a vicious cycle of alienation and acceptance, pulling a person away from society at large and further into a conspiratorial movement.” All the other planets and stars weve ever seen are round, and theres no reason to indicate that the earth should be any different. Weill writes: Once committed to a conspiracy theory, people find themselves even likelier to be socially ostracized. ![]() Weill, a journalist who covers the conspiracy beat for The Daily Beast and spoken with thousands of flat-earthers, also introduces us to Nate Wolfe, a pastor from Ohio who lost his congregation and his church when they found out he believed that the Earth was flat.
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