Flat Earth Belief: An Anti-Science Perspective - Topic Citations
Topic ID: 117
Every citation has two independent 0-100 scores. The source Reliability score rates the general reliability of the outlet itself, regardless of the specific claim, based on an eight-tier scale running from primary government and international scientific bodies (CDC, WHO, NASA, IPCC) at the top, through peer-reviewed journals, wire services, mainstream science journalism, and advocacy organizations, down to tertiary references like Wikipedia and unverifiable or absent sources at the bottom. The Accuracy score, by contrast, rates how well a specific citation supports topic statements — a citation from an excellent source can score low if misapplied or can score high if it precisely backs up topic statements.
Evidence Rejected When It Contradicts the Belief
- NewsweekReliability score: 68 | Accuracy score: 85
- NewsweekReliability score: 68 | Accuracy score: 85
Modern Geocentrism as Science Denial
- VarietyReliability score: 65 | Accuracy score: 80
- VarietyReliability score: 65 | Accuracy score: 80
Self-Sealing Belief Systems
- Journal of Political PhilosophyReliability score: 90 | Accuracy score: 90
- Journal of Political PhilosophyReliability score: 90 | Accuracy score: 90
Geocentrism Replaced by Heliocentrism Through Observation and Mathematics
- Encyclopaedia BritannicaReliability score: 90 | Accuracy score: 82
- Encyclopaedia BritannicaReliability score: 90 | Accuracy score: 82
- NASA Earth ObservatoryReliability score: 92 | Accuracy score: 94
- NASA Earth ObservatoryReliability score: 92 | Accuracy score: 94
Conspiracy Mentality and Susceptibility to Flat Earth Arguments
- Media PsychologyReliability score: 90 | Accuracy score: 90
- Media PsychologyReliability score: 90 | Accuracy score: 90
What Flat Earthers Believe - Disc, Ice Wall, Institutional Conspiracy
- Physics World (Institute of Physics)Reliability score: 85 | Accuracy score: 93
- Physics World (Institute of Physics)Reliability score: 85 | Accuracy score: 93
Earth Is Approximately Spherical - Lines of Evidence
- Science FeedbackReliability score: 85 | Accuracy score: 92
- Science FeedbackReliability score: 85 | Accuracy score: 92
Overlap Between Flat Earth Belief and Geocentrism
- Genealogy (MDPI)Reliability score: 78 | Accuracy score: 93
- Genealogy (MDPI)Reliability score: 78 | Accuracy score: 93
Earth Is an Oblate Spheroid, Not a Perfect Sphere
- Humboldt State University (Open Learning Materials - GIS)Reliability score: 80 | Accuracy score: 80
- Humboldt State University (Open Learning Materials - GIS)Reliability score: 80 | Accuracy score: 80
Social Media and YouTube Amplification
- First MondayReliability score: 82 | Accuracy score: 88
- First MondayReliability score: 82 | Accuracy score: 88
- ScienceAlertReliability score: 62 | Accuracy score: 82
- ScienceAlertReliability score: 62 | Accuracy score: 82
Centuries of Observation and Measurement
- Library of CongressReliability score: 92 | Accuracy score: 88
- Library of CongressReliability score: 92 | Accuracy score: 88