

Those who are serious are often motivated by religion or conspiracy theories. įlat Earth groups of the modern era date from the middle of the 20th century some adherents are serious and some are not. Flat Earth advocates are classified by experts in philosophy and physics as science deniers. Flat Earth beliefs are pseudoscience the hypotheses and assertions are not based on scientific knowledge. Modern flat Earth beliefs are promoted by organizations and individuals advocating that the Earth is flat while denying the Earth's sphericity, contrary to over two millennia of scientific consensus. The observable, contemporary scientific view of the Earth as a rotating spherical globe, which flat Earth believers contest. Twenty-two images of the Earth taken from space by the DSCOVR satellite. Projections of the sphere like the azimuthal equidistant projection have been co-opted as images of the flat Earth model depicting Antarctica as an ice wall surrounding a disk-shaped Earth. For similar topics, see Flat Earth (disambiguation). See Commons:Licensing.This article is about modern-day beliefs that the Earth is flat. A normal copyright tag is still required. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. If you want to use it, you have to ensure that you have the legal right to do so and that you do not infringe any trademark rights. This work includes material that may be protected as a trademark in some jurisdictions. CC BY-SA 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 true true share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work.
