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    Why Do People Believe the Earth Is Flat?

    One question for José Arroyo-Barrigüete, an economist at Comillas Pontifical University in Spain. The post Why Do People Believe the Earth Is Flat? appeared first on Nautilus.
    by Brian Gallagher May 22, 2023 3 minutes

    One question for José Arroyo-Barrigüete, an economist at Comillas Pontifical University in Spain, where he is a professor of quantitative methods.

    Photo courtesy of José Arroyo-Barrigüete

    Why do people believe the Earth is flat?

    Our guess is there are certain kinds of people who have a need to feel special. 

    These Flat Earthers have a high degree of overconfidence in their knowledge of science, which is pretty curious, because in our , we found they have the lowest actual knowledge of science in our sample. It. 

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