Why does earth theory plan continue to be believed?

Bydoug wells

In order to prove that "the earth is a plane"Launch of "rocket to prove that the earth is flat" on FacebookForetellingContinue debating with founder of Space X of private space company on TwitterActivities on the Internet, for example, are prominent. But earth planarists gatherFlat Earth Society(Earth Flying Association) dates back to the 1950s. Doubting scienceConspiracy theoryIt is a long time ago, the reason why I get depressed about conspiracy theory is related to psychological mechanisms and the environment.

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For the Earth planner, the earth does not "sphere" but "flat discoid shape", and the surroundings are covered with ice. Also, all the traveling schedule of the round-the-world trip returning to the departure point in one way and the photographs of the astronauts are all "Part of a big concealment workIt is an interpretation.


"Mad" Mike Hughes, one of the earth planarists, posted a schedule to launch a rocket proving "Earth is level" in February 2018 to Facebook ......

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Official Twitter of the Earth Flying Association official Twitter is prominent in the debate with Eiron Mask, the founder of SpaceX, a space-related company, and activities by the Earth planner are social media and other active activities on the Internet.

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According to psychologists, the question "Why will earth beliefs continue to be believed?" Leads to the fundamental problem of conspiracy theory "Why do people believe in conspiracy theories?" The reason is that many conspiracy theorists take the "suspicion of science being an elite" and the knowledge as "proof as you desire".

Psychologists say that there are "three needs that conspiracy theologists fulfill by believing the same plot" to cause this reason. The first need is to relieve fear against major incidents and major incidents and want to feel relieved "Reliable feeling to the uncertain world"The need for the second need to find solidarity with fellows"Social affinityAnd the third need is to grasp the conclusion as to whatever conclusion is necessary in everything and apply the thought of your thought to things and the need to control "Desire to control meaning"is.

ByRich Renomeron

As an example of the first need "a sense of security for the uncertain world", according to Karen Douglas, a social psychologist at Canterbury University in the UK, "When a major social crisis occurs, the number of conspiracy theorists increases rapidlyThat thing. As the grounds, in September 2001America simultaneous terrorist attacksAfter conspiracy theorist "increased" after 2017Memory StudiesThere are reports of. Psychologists have always been studying why the conspiracy theory is attractive and in psychology research results of 2015, it is announced that people always have the temptation of "wanting to get out of control". Also, those who feel confident in themselves tend to be attracted to the conspiracy theory, and this phenomenon occurs regardless of the magnitude of the scale, so there will be a situation where conspiracy theorists increase after the simultaneous terrorist attacks in the United States as described above.

ByKevin Dooley

As a "social affinity" seeking a sense of solidarity with fellows who are the second need, Mr. Douglas's hypothesis is that conspiracy theorists "belong to conspiracy theorist group"Self-respectWhenHappinessTo satisfy social affinity. In addition, these two can be supplemented when the need to apply my way of thinking to things, which is the third need, "desire to control meaning" is not satisfied. According to some studies conspiracy theory faith and self-love are shown to be related. Also, many conspiracy theories divide the world into "good people" and "bad people". For example, a good person is Youtube, an earth planarist who tries to find out the truth, a bad person is a government or a specific race, conspiracy theologists link themselves to self-love as "good people".

Bytschundler

According to Michael Wood, a psychology lecturer at the University of Winchester in the UK, as a need "I want to control meaning" to apply my conclusions to everything that is the third need, the Earth planner is 2 It can be divided into two groups, one group of earth planaristsfaithIt is motivated by and quotes the "world of the Bible" and believes. Another group of earth planarists not based on the other Bible says "moon landing is a forge" etc.Space conspiracy editorialIt is the cause. Both groups' earth planarists, like interior snow glovesThe earth was made perfect for human beingsTo imagine "to make sense," they regard the fact that people believe that the universe is vast as "amazing". Facebook "Earth planarist discussesOfficial Flat Earth & Globe DiscussionWhen you look at them, they are talking about NASA and actually dislike NASA while talking about conspiracy on the universe.

ByNick Harris

According to social psychologist Angirea Ruskin University social psychologist Viren Swami, the Earth-plane theory seems to be derived from social media due to recent relapse of the theory, but in the 1950'sEarth Flying AssociationWas born, the history of the founding dates back to the 19th century British writers,Samuel Rowbotham. Looking back and looking at the modern earth plan theory, the American celebrity "rapperB.o.B"TV talentTila Tequila"Listened to the theory of the Earth's plane, and it became a strong wind to conspiracy theorists.

I believe that the Earth is planar as many of the reasons why earth planar theory can not be convinced by the physics most of earth planarists work on the earth and families with time and money to master and understand science Because it is not born. Earth planarists make all complex things a simple theory and do not trust science and scientists.

In children 's research, children show that they do not believe intuitively that the earth is round. According to a psychology study conducted during the period from the 1970's to the 1980's, when asking the primary school student of the subject "Is the earth round,?" The answer "Earth is round" has returned. However, after that, asking the same question to the surveyed person who grew from elementary school students, we will hesitate to answer that question. As a conjecture, they may think that "the earth and the universe are round" but they think that "the place where they are walking is obviously flat", and another child, the earth is not round and the possibility of falling from the edge It may say that there is. According to a study in 1985, the question of contradictory ideas concerning the Earth is about 10 years old, and by the age of 13 most children say that they convince the concept of the shape of the Earth.

And unfortunately it is difficult to change the way of thinking once it is caught by conspiracy theory. People caught by conspiracy theory tend to assemble arguments and discussions only with the same conspiracy theorist. Also, those with analytical and critical thinking tend to dismiss conspiracy theory.

ByVidal Enrique Cadena

In order not to believe the conspiracy theory such as the earth plan theory, it is necessary to use a filter made up of various factors such as the environment, culture and experience grew upbiasThe way to capture things is critical, discussion has analytical power, and hypothesis verification / thinking about uncertainty is grasped correctlyCritical thinkingIt is considered effective to have it.