The
controversial YouTuber joins a growing list of celebrities, including rapper B.o.B,
who believe the Earth is flat, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
However, Mr Paul, 23, is not deterred and is so convinced the Earth is flat
that he plans to trek across Antarctica in order to find the edge of our world.
Mr
Paul was speaking to Robbie Davidson, founder of the Flat Earth International
Conference, ahead of the release of the irritating YouTube sensation’s
documentary ‘The Flat Earth: To the Edge and Back.’ The older brother of fellow
YouTube star Jake Paul told Mr Davidson:
“I am that guy that will make it to the edge.”
In
the documentary, Mr Paul spoke at the Flat Earth International Conference in
Denver and told the crowd:
“I’m not ashamed to say my name is Logan Paul
and I think I’m coming out of the Flat Earth closet. If I'm going to put my
name out there (as a Flat Earth supporter), I want to know the facts. The fact
that we haven't been to the moon in over 50 years, the fact that the moon emits
its own light.
“Some
of the best scientists can't explain gravity; Neil Degrasse Tyson, Bill Nye, in
the end, do they even know? I want to explore for myself and keep an open mind.
There is a stigma of being a flat-Earther and if I'm going to do it I want to
know the facts.”
Despite
overwhelming evidence that Earth is a spherical globe-shape, including both
pictorial and video evidence, a third of young people believe that the Earth
could be flat.
A
survey carried out by YouGov which polled 8,215 US adults found that 84 percent
believe that the Earth is round. But that figure falls to just 66 percent of 18
to 24-year olds, a generation known as millennials, who are convinced that the
Earth is a globe.
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