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Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything
By Weill, Kelly
- ISBN
- 9781668624760
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
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Reviewed on September 1, 2022 | Audio In Depth
This history of the flat-earth movement connects to current popular conspiracy theories. Daily Beast reporter Weill traces the movement back to the 1830s with details about the impulses that make people believe things that don't conform to facts or even their own research. Today's social media algorithms work in such a way that anyone who seeks out a conspiracy theory will be fed many mor...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
