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In Search of a Flat Earth

Folding Ideas · Documentary · YouTube title: In Search Of A Flat Earth
Why it's here

HN treats it as the definitive, compassionate documentary on why people fall into conspiracy theories.

What it 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.