Flat Earth, Fake News and The Internet’s IQ Crisis
Fun, yet terrifying, fact: a 2018 study found that 16% of Americans still believe the Earth is flat . Sixteen percent. That’s like one out of every six people you meet potentially thinking we're on a giant Frisbee instead of a round planet governed by gravitational forces. Super comforting . Today’s episode of Humans Being Ridiculous featured one of my classmates, Ben, trying to convince the entire physics class that the Earth is flat . Flat. Like a poorly made pancake. And the worst part? Half the class actually considered it for a moment before Mr. Thompson shut it down with a stern, "No, Ben. Gravity doesn't work like that." I mean, I get it—people are free to think what they want. But come on. How hard is it to just Google basic physics? That’s the real irony, isn't it? The internet was supposed to make us more knowledgeable , not more stupid . We’ve got the entirety of human knowledge at our fingertips, and somehow people still fal