Beyond Parody – is satire a form of fake news?
I’ll level with you – I’m not entirely certain that flat earthers aren’t having fun at our expense. As conspiracy theories go, this one is, on the face of it, relatively harmless. It is entirely possible that the Global Society of Flat Earthers are just having a laugh. After all, it’s the sort of thing I say to my brother at Christmas just to watch his head explode. I think there’s a glitch in my brain that simply cannot conceive that anyone could believe something so ludicrous. Like the Dunning-Kruger effect in reverse. However, judging [...]