![]() However, in the last few years, there has been an alarming rise in the nu mber of people who, like B.o.B, believe in flat-Earth theories. Indeed, there’s currently no evidence that B.o.B raised much money or got anywhere near his goal. The rapper’s quest may seem like a joke or publicity stunt. ![]() His aim was to raise $200,000 (later upped to $1m) on the GoFundMe website, with the aim of sending one or more craft into space to help him “find the curve” – the term that “flat-Earthers” use to describe the edge of our supposed disc-shaped planet. The rapper, a vocal proponent of “flat-Earth theory”, wanted to seek evidence that our planet is a disc, not a globe. ![]() In 2017 the US rapper B.o.B (real name Bobby Ray Simmons Jr) started a crowd-funding campaign to launch a satellite. Rachel Brazil explores why such views are increasingly taking hold and how the physics community should best respond ![]() Physicists will find it shocking, but there are plenty of people around the world who genuinely believe the Earth is flat. ![]()
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