Article 3Q6PN Profiles of flat earthers: report from the front lines of weaponized media literacy

Profiles of flat earthers: report from the front lines of weaponized media literacy

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Cory Doctorow
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Tom Usher went to a flat earth conference in Birmingham, England; he met an array of people who believe that the Earth is flat, because they believe that powerful people have conspired to control the information they receive in order to secure benefits for the elite, and this belief (which has a wealth of evidence to support it!) has been weaponized by crackpots and cynical manipulators to convince them the world is flat (despite the wealth of evidence against this!). (more")

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