Fast forward to the present day and vast amounts of scientific proof prove Aristotle’s theory. Despite all of the evidence found, some people still believe the Earth is flat. In fact, the most outspoken “Flat Earthers” just happen to be public figures. Their platforms allow them to reach a wide audience and spread the word about the “Modern Flat Earth” society. He claimed that any photographic evidence was fake. Up until his death in 1971, he dedicated his life to finding evidence and spreading the word about Earth’s flat shape. Hughes is known as a flat-Earth conspiracy theorist who also flys in his self-built rockets. One of the reasons he launches out of these dangerous rockets is because he wants to see for himself if the Earth is flat. Murphy lives off-grid and travels around the world as a public speaker trying to educate the world on his beliefs. “The Earth is flat, 100 percent. There is no proof of the Earth’s curvature and this fake space agency NASA uses CGI images and every one is different,” said Froch. He went on to comment that most pictures of a curved Earth look like cartoons. “There are so many reasons that lead to the fact that it’s flat, I mean think about it,” Brown said. Despite publically announcing that she was a “Flat Eather,” fans are still debating if she meant what she said or not. Herodotus may have lived in an era where astronomy research was just beginning. However, modern-day Flat Earthers credit the ancient historian for his widely accepted views. On February 24, 2018, Smith tweeted, “How many of the people who undoubtedly know Earth is a globe also believe in the Big Bang theory & evolution?” It didn’t take very long for him to receive thousands of Twitter responses. Shenton currently lives in London, England. “There is no unified flat-Earth model; the most commonly accepted one is that it’s more or less a disc,” says Shenton. When Shenton isn’t preaching his flat-Earth theories, he enjoys riding his motorbike. It also offers proof as to why he thinks the earth is flat. His now-deleted YouTube account once had a massive following and is credited as one of the reasons he became so well known. People are claiming that he hinted to his beliefs when he publically said, “We believe it to be round, not because as many as one percent of us could give the physical reasons for so quaint a belief, but because modern science has convinced us that nothing this obvious is true and that everything that is magical, improbable, extraordinary, gigantic, microscopic, heartless, or outrageous is scientific.” When someone asked where she got this information, she simply tweeted “Sammy Watkins.” Watkins later publically admitted that he supports Irving’s claims that the earth is flat. “Who’s to say that picture from NASA is telling the truth? I can make a round picture with my iPhone today, on the panoramic camera, and make it look so round. So, I don’t know, but it could be,” said Green. Diggs made his beliefs public when he tweeted, “How mad would you guys be if I said I agree with Kyrie? Well, don’t care.” He went on to ask for someone to prove that it’s not right besides showing him a picture as proof. That’s all he had to say for the media to run with the statement. Since then, Styles has been widely known as a “Flat Earther.” He spoke about his flat-Earth theory on-air with BBC’s Radio 5 podcast. “How doesn’t the water in the ocean wobble if Earth is hurtling through space?” said Flintoff. Following his interview with the renowned radio station, Flintoff made headlines all around Europe. “Does it matter to you that I believe the world is flat? It doesn’t really matter,” said Irving. He proceeded to talk about how happy he was that his conversation got people talking about the subject. More recently, he has been in the limelight for his outspoken conspiracy theories. The Flat Earth Society credits Dolby’s album for inspiring their leader, Daniel Shenton, to discover their theory. In 2016, he took to Twitter to share a picture of himself. His caption read, “The cities in the background are approx. 16 miles apart. Where is the curve? Please explain this.” Shortly after, he proceeded to tweet multiple photographs taken at high altitudes, which claim to prove that the Earth is flat. One of the tweets that seemed to get the most attention were the ones questioning if the Earth is really round. “How come in all the fake @NASA CGI pics of the Earth, you can never see background stars and planets? Oh yeah because it’s fake,” tweeted Tequila. One of Paul’s most recent projects is his 50-minute satirical documentary exploring flat-Earth conspiracy theories. The majority of his documentary is him going around talking to other flat-Earth believers and listening to their theories and beliefs.
