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From Ars Technica:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/11/why-does-flat-earth-belief-still-exist/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/11/why-does-flat-earth-belief-still-exist/
There's no shortage of strange beliefs out there, and not all of them involve having a firm grip on reality. But it's truly bizarre to see one from the latter camp have a sudden surge in popularity and attention millennia after we knew it was wrong. But when it comes to the idea that the Earth is flat, centuries of accumulating evidence don't make much of a difference—its adherents have centuries of history of ignoring it, along with at least one not-nearly-as-famous-as-it-should-be instance of threatening a prominent scientist along the way.