The majority of the members of the Flat Earth Society do not believe the Earth is flat. They are members because it's a counter-culture group which some people find interesting.
Those who think the Earth is flat are usually motivated by religious literalism.
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The Flat Earth Society believes the earth is flat due to a range of beliefs and interpretations that they adhere to, including skepticism of scientific evidence, reliance on personal observations, and mistrust of mainstream sources of information. They often reject evidence from fields like astronomy and geology in favor of an alternative worldview that supports their belief in a flat earth.
a flat Earth.
Think about it this way. If it was flat then jet streams would be straight. But the Earth is round so jet streams are curved because of the curvature of the Earth.
On a flat Earth, there would be no tides because the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun would not affect water on a flat surface in the same way it does on a round Earth with oceans. Tides are a result of the gravitational forces between the Earth, Moon, and Sun interacting with the shape and mass distribution of the Earth.
Early scientists believed that the Earth was flat, based on observations and theories available at the time. It wasn't until later advancements in science, such as the observations of celestial bodies and exploration of new lands, that the understanding of the Earth's shape evolved to being round.
There is no evidence to suggest that any former president of the US believed that the earth was flat. The idea that the earth is flat has been widely discredited for centuries, and it is unlikely that any US president would have held such a belief.