‘Astrophysicist’ admits: The Earth is flat

Filmed fallacy: In his YouTube video “It’s Getting Harder To Know What’s Real”, Neil deGrasse Tyson appears to claim that after some recent calculations and looking at satellite data, he “can’t escape the conclusion that the Earth might actually be flat”.

Have deepfakes killed reality? A celebrated scientist’s hoax video raises fears about a future where nobody can trust what they see and hear online.

Glossary

Harvard - A top US university, founded in 1636.

Princeton - A private, prestigious, Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States.

Astrophysics - The study of the physical laws and ideas that explain how the stars and planets work.

Erode - To gradually wear away and destroy something.

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