Scientific American blog contributors Craig A. (3) (There is reason for some caution about the Five percent had doubts, two percent affirmed a flat Earth, and seven percent weren't sure. adults were asked 'Do you believe that the world is round or flat?' in a February 2018 YouGov survey, only 84 percent of respondents felt certain that the world is round. I think that digging deeper might help to expose some of the root systems from which paranormal, pseudoscientific, and fringe claims grow. With that in mind, I'd like to try to expand upon Novella's preliminary thoughts.

However, I'm intensely interested in that harder question. Much of my work involves straightforward description and assessment. Explaining what people say and asking whether they are correct are the easy tasks finding out what's really going on is harder.

Finding that something else was what I hoped the writer would do, but he didn't give me that. As one reader challenged me: I was hoping to see something about why there are people who invest so much in it that they form a Flat Earth Society. However, this may not answer the 'Yes, but why?!' question. If we want to grapple with claims, it helps to know what those claims are and how they have developed over time. (2) Reviewing the literature is a good first step.

I've spent a fair bit of time reviewing the history of Flat Earth claims for Junior Skeptic and various other articles. That's an interesting question-and a complicated one. He wanted to know, 'What Drives the Flat-Earthers?' (1)

REFLECTING UPON SOME STRIKING 2018 SURVEY findings, Skeptics Guide to the Universe host Steven Novella wrote that he was 'stunned that there are seemingly average people walking around today with the firm belief that the world is actually flat.' That astonishing fact does indeed cry out for explanation.

What is the motive behind flat earth