However, the entire total is still disturbingly low as 9% of the 18 to 24-year-olds surveyed admitted that they “always believed that our planet was round but have been more doubtful about this fact recently.” The poll results, weighted to be representative of the US population, revealed that 2% of adult Americans are firmly convinced the 'Earth is as flat as a pancake'. The results show that the belief is held less widely as people in the survey get older, with 94% of people aged 55 and over being certain that the planet is round. The article mentioned that not only do theory believers have their own Flat Earth Society, which has been mocked several times by billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, but their ideas are starting to connect with the millennials. Will the 'death planet' swallow everyone on earth in 2018? That leaves one third of young adults who reckon the Earth is flat.ĭespite being riddled with inconsistencies, people are buying into the belief that the Earth is flat and surrounded by an ice wall and this certainty seems to be increasing with the conspiracists having their own Flat Earth Society, whose membership continues to grow. But, at least 5% of the total public says they now have their 'doubts'.Īnd out of 8,215 US adults surveyed, only 66% of 18 to 24 years of age are firmly convinced of the planet's round shape. In February, a survey by the polling company YouGov found that majority of Americans, around 84%, believe that the Earth is round. Four per cent of millennia’s, aged 18 to 24 are likelier than any other age group to say they believe the Earth is flat.Ĭhina space lab likely to hit Earth on Monday The conspiracy theory is popular among a younger generation of Americans. The Flat Earth conspiracy theory is something many people like to talk about, and according to a poll reported in the , only 66% of the millennials in the United States are convinced that our planet is round.
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