

Individuals conducting their own research by sending drones into the air to prove that there is no curvature, or analysing live flight maps, are championed as heroes of truth. Traditional experts are met with scepticism and hostility, deemed to be working for the powers that are peddling the globe-earth lie. But here, it appears to work in his favour.

Mark Sargent is not a scientist in the traditional sense he does not have scientific qualifications that we might recognise as making him an authority on the topic. Mark features prominently in Netflix’s documentary, and is very active in conferences and the wider flat-earth world. His videos seek to debunk Globe Earth and prove that the earth is flat. A prominent voice in this community is Mark Sargent, who’s channel has almost 100,000 subscribers.

Many flat-earthers admit to originally laughing at the flat-earth community until they came into contact with what they describe as irrefutable proof. In Netflix’s documentary, many flat-earthers are shown to be performing their own experiments in an effort to prove that the earth has no curvature. These are not people who reject science, but rather reject the organisations conducting the science. With so many eyes now on this movement, it raises the question, is this a harmless but strange community or a threat to scientific truth? A significant detail about the flat earth community is the focus on science and the scientific method. and Logan Paul weighing in, intrigue into the flat earth theory has grown, prompting the Netflix documentary Behind the Curve in 2018. Platforms like YouTube have given voices and audiences to NASA sceptics and globe-deniers from all over the world, and the movement has grown to the extent of annual Flat Earth conventions. However, in recent years the belief that the world is flat and not globular has garnered even more attention, thanks to the internet. Flat-earthers are a long-standing staple of the conspiracy world and most of us are familiar with their existence.
