![]() Let me begin by stating quickly that I’m not really interested in discussing if the Earth if flat or not (for the record, I’m happily a “globe-Earther”)-and I’m not seeking to mock or denigrate this community. By exploring this relationship, we can begin to understand why there is a swelling resurgence of flat-Earthers. While flat-Earthers seem to trust and support scientific methods, what they don’t trust is scientists, and the established relationships between "power" and "knowledge." This relationship between power and knowledge has long been theorized by sociologists. ![]() Indeed, as one presenter noted early on, flat-Earthers try to “look for multiple, verifiable evidence” and advised attendees to “always do your own research and accept you might be wrong." The weekend in no small part revolved around discussing and debating science, with lots of time spent running, planning, and reporting on the latest set of flat-Earth experiments and models. Yes, flat-Earthers do seem to place a lot of emphasis and priority on scientific methods and, in particular, on observable facts. There was also a lot of team-building, networking, debating, workshops-and scientific experiments. It was well attended, and it wasn’t just three days of speeches and YouTube clips (though, granted, there was a lot of this). Getty ImagesSpeakers recently flew in from around (or perhaps, across?) the Earth for a three-day event held in Birmingham: the UK’s first ever public Flat Earth Convention.
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