The event’s schedule resembled any corporate conference, with some fairly noticeable twists. Previous conferences have taken place in Raleigh and Denver – while Brazil, Britain and Italy have also held flat-Earth conventions in recent years. Organizers told CNN that about 600 others went too. This week, the businessman attended the third annual Flat Earth International Conference, held at an Embassy Suites hotel in suburban Dallas, Texas. Weiss’ preferred community is those who share his life-altering belief.
“It’s just not something I resonate with.”
“I have no problem with anybody that wants to believe we live on a ball. Now, Weiss finds it tedious to associate with the majority of people – though he “unfortunately” still has some friends who believe in a round Earth. “It literally whips the rug out from underneath you.” “I absolutely freaked out,” Weiss tells CNN in a phone interview. Ever since he tried and failed to find proof of the Earth’s curve four years ago, he’s believed with an evident passion that our planet is both flat and stationary – and it’s turned his world upside down. “Would you wake up in the morning and want everyone to think you’re an idiot?”īut Weiss is a flat Earther.
“I don’t want to be a flat Earther,” David Weiss says, his voice weary as he reflects on his personal awakening.
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