And he came up with a theory of Zetetic Astronomy, which explained how the earth is a flat disk, published under the amusing name Parallax. He seemed a bit of a quack, having multiple pseudonyms and calling himself a fake Doctor to sell 'the world's best nerve restorer' as Dr. It started back in the 1800s, founded by Samuel Birley Rowbotham, an English inventor who decided to read the Bible literally. It’s smaller than the number of Discworld fans worldwide but the mythology is compelling. There's a society called International Flat Earth Research Society (IFERS, the highly credible-sounding acronym), which was set up in 1956, that's still active today.Ī YouGov survey of more than 8,000 American adults suggested last year that as many as one in six Americans are not entirely certain the world is round, while a 2019 Datafolha Institute survey of more than 2,000 Brazilian adults indicated that 7% of people in that country reject that concept I of course think its absurd and incorrect, about as true as the Marvel movie science, but I can’t deny that it is a guilty pleasure.

That the disc accelerates upwards creating the impression of gravity. That the effect of seeing the horizon isn't actually true.

That the entire world, led by NASA, is in on a conspiracy to create doctored images of a globe. The theory that we live on a large disc that flies through space, instead of a globe.

Flat earth society founding