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In Search Of A Flat Earth
Folding Ideas · Sep 11, 2020 · 1h 16m
What this video covers
Dan Olson's 76-minute essay on flat earth belief, built around a hike to a lake to test earth's curvature. It examines the community, how YouTube promoted it, and how it connects to wider conspiracy thinking and QAnon.
Why it surfaced in Hacker News
HN treats it as the definitive, compassionate documentary on why people fall into conspiracy theories.
19recommendation score
- 17
- distinct recommenders
- 15
- recommendation months
- 9
- strong recommendations
Recommendation context
Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.
“this video is invaluable”
“A fantastic video on the topic of difficult to debunk, but easy to produce content”
“probably the best documentary I have seen on conspiracy theories.”