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In July of last year, YouTuber Leandro Batista, 36, embarked on a journey that, according to him, would confirm a belief that he diligently promoted on his channel and social networks, even though it was contradicting the scientific consensus: flat earthism. But he returned from this trip convinced of the exact opposite and with the new challenge of persuading his followers of the same. It all started when Leandro asked his followers on social media for help to pay for the trip and headed to Norway on a self-proclaimed mission to explore the world “based on a flat Earth model.” He didn't believe research, photographs or videos that the planet was rather round and wanted to collect his own evidence to prove otherwise.
Advertisements In Norway, the YouTuber followed a phenomenon known as Midnight Sun (more on that below). He thought this would be the beginning of a decisive phase in his campaign for a flat Earth, but it ended up being the end of that belief for him. What experts said centuries ago Months after returning, Leandro decided that he could no longer continue Costa Rica Mobile Number List immersed in this conspiracy theory, after the trip confirmed what scientists had been saying for centuries. “At the end of December I recorded a video on the channel and said: guys, 'there is no way the Earth is flat,'” Batista tells BBC News Brazil, during an interview at the Catavento Museum, in São Paulo, which houses a permanent exhibition on the origin of the Universe.
Leandro affirms that he is now on the side of the vast majority of people who recognize that the planet is round. He also says that he has become a voice against flat-earthering, a small but loud movement that, although at first it seems harmless, can have strong negative effects according to some experts. In his new role, the YouTuber says he has a challenge: to try to compensate on his channel, with 140 thousand subscribers, for all the dissemination he made of a theory without any scientific support. “During these six years I produced approximately 3,000 videos defending the flat Earth theory,” says Leandro. “Now I want to produce 3,000 to refute point by point everything I said before and show people why the Earth is not flat.” Doubting science Leandro in an exhibition of the universe It was at the beginning of 2016 that the “flat earther” movement (those who think the Earth is flat) emerged in Leandro's life.
Advertisements In Norway, the YouTuber followed a phenomenon known as Midnight Sun (more on that below). He thought this would be the beginning of a decisive phase in his campaign for a flat Earth, but it ended up being the end of that belief for him. What experts said centuries ago Months after returning, Leandro decided that he could no longer continue Costa Rica Mobile Number List immersed in this conspiracy theory, after the trip confirmed what scientists had been saying for centuries. “At the end of December I recorded a video on the channel and said: guys, 'there is no way the Earth is flat,'” Batista tells BBC News Brazil, during an interview at the Catavento Museum, in São Paulo, which houses a permanent exhibition on the origin of the Universe.
Leandro affirms that he is now on the side of the vast majority of people who recognize that the planet is round. He also says that he has become a voice against flat-earthering, a small but loud movement that, although at first it seems harmless, can have strong negative effects according to some experts. In his new role, the YouTuber says he has a challenge: to try to compensate on his channel, with 140 thousand subscribers, for all the dissemination he made of a theory without any scientific support. “During these six years I produced approximately 3,000 videos defending the flat Earth theory,” says Leandro. “Now I want to produce 3,000 to refute point by point everything I said before and show people why the Earth is not flat.” Doubting science Leandro in an exhibition of the universe It was at the beginning of 2016 that the “flat earther” movement (those who think the Earth is flat) emerged in Leandro's life.