strong reclistennexttime · 2020-09
Explains how flat earth anti-intellectualism led to QAnon
“this video is invaluable”Open comment #24488480
Ideas, society & history
In Search Of A Flat Earth
Folding Ideas · Discussed on HN from 2020 to 2026
Editorial context · source-attributed
What the Hacker News discussion says — and what it does not
Discussion focus
Across the sampled HN recommendations, people specifically point to Explains how flat earth anti-intellectualism led to QAnon and Demonstrates earth curvature across a long lake.
A recorded perspective
The recorded HN source is “this video is invaluable” — a useful perspective from listennexttime in 2020-09, rather than a claim that every Hacker News reader agrees.
Evidence boundary
Alongside recommendations, the export retains a reference mention from jcranmer (2020-09): “I saw a video over the weekend [1] discussing Flat Earthers and some of the argumentation style they used” This is context, not proof; use the linked discussion to inspect the original thread.
Who should start here
Curious viewers exploring conspiracy theories. Its upstream classification is media, journalism & propaganda, while this Explorer page groups it with related material in ideas, society & history.
HN comments behind this record
6 sampled comments · 2020–2026recpdkl95 · 2020-09
Demonstrates earth curvature across a long lake
“Dan Olson ("Folding Ideas") demonstrates this experiment in the video[1] I recommended in an earlier post[2].”Open comment #24644447
recpas · 2021-01
Long insightful video on conspiracy beliefs and social order
“Recommended long, but very insightful video”Open comment #25735349
referencejcranmer · 2020-09
Video on flat earther argumentation style
“I saw a video over the weekend [1] discussing Flat Earthers and some of the argumentation style they used”Open comment #24475148
Topics and ideas
- 01flat earth
- 02folding ideas
- 03qanon
Dan Olson's 76-minute essay on flat earth belief, built around a hike to a lake to test earth's curvature. It examines the community, how YouTube promoted it, and how it connects to wider conspiracy thinking and QAnon.
Original HackerTube classification: Media, journalism & propaganda.
Source context
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Explains how flat earth anti-intellectualism led to QAnon
“this video is invaluable”Read the original HN comment
listennexttime · 2020-09 · 17 recommenders across 15 months
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