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Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything
Off the Edge Flat Earthers Conspiracy Culture and Why People Will Believe Anything
Author: Kelly Weill
Since 2015, there has been a spectacular boom in a centuries-old delusion: that the earth is flat. More and more people believe that we all live on a pancake-shaped planet, capped by a solid dome and ringed by an impossible wall of ice. — How? Why? — In Off the Edge, journalist Kelly Weill draws a direct line from today’s conspirat...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781643750682
ISBN-10: 1643750682
Publication Date: 2/22/2022
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Algonquin Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 8
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The subtitle is a little misleading. This is mainly a history of flat earthers and their intersection with other conspiracies, with small sections dealing with the why, fallout, and what now. It does discuss "why people will believe anything" but it isn't the main portion.

That said, I thought the history was in depth and extremely interesting. I don't regret learning more about it.
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