Flat Earthers: Australia is a fake country and its citizens are actors paid by NASA

[Different Drummer]

Cross-posted from the Weird News group.

Source: DeadState.org


Of all the crackpot conspiracy theories circulating the web, the claims of Flat Earthers are the most fascinating — at least to me anyway. Anti-vaxxers, 9/11 Truthers, “chemtrails” believers — all these particular brands of insanity are at least rooted in a tangible, albeit false, method. Although most brands of conspiracy do this at some level, Flat Earthers are forced to outright deny what’s in front of their very eyes. Their explanations for a flat earth get the most mockery because so much of it sounds satirical, and one of their latest claims to circulate the web is no exception. It’s downright hilarious.

For being the most cartoonish and easily mocked of pseudoscience purveyors, Flat Earthers are surprisingly well organized. In Birmingham, U.K., this past April, more than 200 of them showed up to a conference to hear lectures on the movement’s (yes, this is a movement) various theories. One of these theories involves the country of Australia — or should we say, the *alleged* country of Australia.

As the New Zealand Herald points out, some Flat Earthers think the massive continent down under doesn’t exist. But what about those lovely Australians we all know and love? Actors, all of them. Who’s paying for this massive fraud? Why, NASA of course.

According to those who’ve done a little digging, the theory first originated in a Flat Earth Society internet forum back in 2006, but found new life in a now-deleted Facebook post by a woman named Shelley Floryd back in 2017 (see the screenshot via the NZ Herald below).

More at http://deadstate.org/flat-earthers-australia-is-a-fake-country-and-its-citizens-are-actors-paid-by-nasa/