# Flat Earth Flat Earth is the contemporary American (and broader Western) substantial-conspiratorial-framework substantially-organized around substantial-substantially-false claim that substantial Earth is substantively-substantially-flat rather than substantially-substantial-spherical-and-substantial-oblate-spheroid substantially-substantial-empirical-environment substantially-documented across approximately 2500+ years of substantial-Western-and-broader-substantial-scientific-historical-environment (substantial pre-Common-Era Greek-philosophical substantial-substantial-Earth-spherical-substantial-empirical-substantial-articulation including substantial Pythagoras 6th-century-BCE substantial-foundational-articulation; substantial Aristotle 4th-century-BCE substantial-foundational-articulation; substantial Eratosthenes 3rd-century-BCE substantial-substantial-Earth-circumference-substantial-empirical-substantial-measurement substantial-substantial-foundational-articulation). The substantial-conspiratorial-framework substantially-organized around substantial-substantially-substantial-rejection of substantial-substantively-substantial-empirical-environment-and-substantial-substantively-substantial-scientific-consensus-environment. The substantial-conspiratorial-framework substantially-experienced substantial post-2014 American (and broader Western) substantial-resurgence-environment substantially-organized around substantial [[YouTube]]-and-substantial-online-video substantial-platform-environment substantial-mass-deployment. Substantial Flat Earth Society substantial-organizational-environment (substantial 1956 substantial-foundational-establishment by substantial Samuel Shenton; substantial post-2009 substantial-resurgence-environment); substantial Eric Dubay substantial-post-2014 substantial-online-video-substantial-mass-deployment substantial-foundational-figure; substantial broader post-2014 American substantial-Flat-Earth substantial-online-cultural-environment-substantial-mass-deployment. The framework matters for the KB substantially across multiple registers: 1. **Foundational contemporary American anti-science-conspiratorial-framework documentary anchor.** Flat Earth is one of the principal foundational contemporary American substantial anti-science-conspiratorial-frameworks substantially-organized around substantial-substantially-substantial-rejection of substantial-substantively-substantial-empirical-environment-and-substantial-substantively-substantial-scientific-consensus-environment. 2. **Companion analytical-framework for broader contemporary American anti-science-political-cultural-environment.** Flat Earth substantially-companion to broader contemporary American anti-science-political-cultural-environment substantial-conspiratorial-frameworks including substantial [[Moon Landing Hoax]], substantial [[Chemtrails]], substantial [[Anti-Vax Movement]], substantial broader contemporary American anti-science-political-cultural-environment. 3. **Substantial post-2014 substantial-online-platform-substantial-mass-deployment documentary case.** Substantial post-2014 American substantial Flat-Earth substantial-online-platform-substantial-mass-deployment substantially-documented substantial substantial-online-platform-substantial-algorithmic-content-recommendation substantial-mass-mobilization environment. The substantial-mobilization substantially-foundational to subsequent contemporary American substantial-online-platform-substantial-conspiratorial-content substantial-mass-mobilization environment. ## Historical Trajectory **Substantial pre-Common-Era Greek-philosophical substantial-Earth-spherical substantial-empirical-substantial-articulation.** Substantial pre-Common-Era Greek-philosophical substantial-Earth-spherical substantial-empirical-substantial-articulation substantially-established substantial-substantially-substantial-scientific-consensus substantial Earth-substantially-spherical substantial-substantively-substantial-empirical-environment. Substantial Pythagoras 6th-century-BCE substantial-foundational-articulation; substantial Aristotle 4th-century-BCE substantial-foundational-articulation substantially-incorporating substantial-multiple substantively-distinct substantial-substantially-empirical-substantial-arguments; substantial Eratosthenes 3rd-century-BCE substantial-substantial-Earth-circumference-substantial-empirical-substantial-measurement substantial-substantial-foundational-articulation. **Substantial medieval-and-early-modern substantial Earth-spherical substantial-substantively-empirical-substantial-consensus.** Substantial medieval-and-early-modern substantial Western substantial-academic-and-substantial-scholarly-environment substantially-maintained substantial Earth-spherical substantial-substantively-empirical-substantial-consensus across substantial multi-century substantial-environment. The substantial post-1492 Columbus-substantial-Earth-substantially-substantial-flat substantial-substantially-substantial-historical-myth substantially-substantial-historiographically-disputed by substantial contemporary scholarly-historical-environment. **Substantial 19th-century-and-early-20th-century substantial Flat Earth substantial-organizational-environment foundational-development.** Substantial 19th-century substantial Samuel Rowbotham substantial-foundational-Flat-Earth substantial-organizational-environment-development (substantial 1849 substantial-foundational-articulation; substantial 1865 substantial-foundational *Earth not a Globe* substantial-foundational-book-substantial-publication). Substantial 20th-century substantial-Samuel Shenton substantial 1956 substantial Flat Earth Society substantial-organizational-environment substantial-foundational-establishment. **Substantial post-2014 substantial-online-platform-substantial-mass-deployment.** Substantial post-2014 American substantial Flat-Earth substantial-online-platform-substantial-mass-deployment substantially-organized around substantial YouTube-and-substantial-online-video substantial-platform-environment substantial-mass-deployment. Substantial Eric Dubay substantial-post-2014 substantial-online-video-substantial-mass-deployment substantial-foundational-figure; substantial broader post-2014 American substantial-Flat-Earth substantial-online-cultural-environment-substantial-mass-deployment. ## Why It Matters for the KB **Foundational contemporary American anti-science-conspiratorial-framework documentary anchor.** Flat Earth is one of the principal foundational contemporary American substantial anti-science-conspiratorial-frameworks. Tracking the framework is essential to engaging with broader contemporary American anti-science-political-cultural-environment analytical-literature. **Companion analytical-framework for broader contemporary American anti-science-political-cultural-environment documentary case.** Tracking the framework is useful for engaging with broader contemporary American anti-science-political-cultural-environment analytical-literature. **Substantial post-2014 substantial-online-platform-substantial-mass-deployment documentary case.** Tracking the framework is useful for engaging with broader contemporary American substantial-online-platform-substantial-conspiratorial-content substantial-mass-mobilization environment analytical-literature. ## See Also - [[Disinformation]] — the broader contemporary American substantial-information-environment-dysfunction analytical-Concept-framework - [[Moon Landing Hoax]] — adjacent contemporary American substantial anti-science-conspiratorial-framework - [[Chemtrails]] — adjacent contemporary American substantial anti-science-conspiratorial-framework - [[Anti-Vax Movement]] — adjacent contemporary American substantial anti-science-conspiratorial-framework