Neither factor alone is determinant, but the combination of the two (low scientific literacy and high overconfidence) leads to high levels of flat earth belief.ĭunning–Kruger effect flat earth belief overconfidence scientific literacy. However, most pre-Socratics (6th5th century BC) retained the flat-Earth model. The idea of a spherical Earth appeared in ancient Greek philosophy with Pythagoras (6th century BC). Many ancient cultures subscribed to a flat-Earth cosmography.
The second, evaluated through a regression tree, confirms that the interaction of low scientific literacy and overconfidence is highly relevant in explaining the belief in a flat earth. Flat Earth is an archaic and scientifically disproven conception of the Earth's shape as a plane or disk. There is a significant negative correlation between science literacy-overall and practically all its dimensions-and overconfidence in science in this group. First is the presence of a considerable Dunning-Kruger effect among flat-earthers. After a qualitative analysis of YouTube videos on the main channels on the subject, a survey was carried out on 1252 individuals. We focus on Spain, a country that sadly has some of the most relevant figures on this topic in the Spanish-speaking world.
This article aims to analyze the factors influencing belief in a flat Earth.
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