In Search Of A Flat Earth

Why HN readers recommended it

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

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Folding Ideas

Topic

conspiracy theories

Format

documentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

17

HN mentions in dataset

20

Recommendation years in dataset

2020–2026

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• It's pretty easy to find other sources that cover the same survey that is shown in the graphic of the grandparent's comment. (Business Insider, for example: [LINK] ) Keep in mind this survey was in May and I'd be willing to bet the numbers have …

• Perhaps a better example: Jewish people are telling you the earth is round so that way they can distract you from the fact they're kidnapping children and drinking their blood. A fantastic video on the topic of difficult to debunk, but easy to produce content …

• And if you want a chaser for any flat Earth material check out [VIDEO] "In Search of a Flat Earth" probably the best documentary I have seen on conspiracy theories.