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Kyrie Irving turned the NBA world upside-down and caused chaos among middle school teachers
all across the country back in February when he revealed that he doesn't believe the
Earth is round.
Even though the Earth being round is something that has been scientifically proven, Irving
came right out and said that he believes the Earth is actually flat.
Kyrie Irving via Road Trippin' podcast "This is not even a conspiracy theory.
The Earth is flat."
NBA fans and NBA writers killed Irving for his comments, with some going as far as to
call him irresponsible for questioning whether or not the Earth is round.
Irving obviously has a lot of young fans, and many people didn't think it was a good
idea for him to take the position he did.
The aforementioned middle school teachers, in particular, complained about how some students
were openly following Irving's lead and creating havoc in their classrooms with their
own flat Earth theories.
It took him awhile to distance himself from his comments, but in late September, Irving
finally revealed that he wasn't actually a flat Earth truther like so many people believed.
Rather, he admitted that he simply said the Earth was flat to get a rise out of people
and to prove a larger point.
By trolling America, he said that he proved that there are far too many people who believe
the things they're taught without ever questioning them.
Kyrie Irving via The Toucher and Rich Show "It was all an exploitation tactic.
It literally spun the world—your guys' world—it spun it into a frenzy and proved
exactly what I thought it would do in terms of how this all works.
It created a division…and let all these people throw tomatoes at me or have somebody
think I'm somehow a different intellectual person because I believe the Earth is flat
and you think the Earth is round.
It created exactly that…It proved what I thought it would."
At the time, Irving said that he was simply trying to conduct a social experiment with
his flat Earth comments, which suddenly made all the sense in the world.
It explained why he spent so much time trying to convince people that he really thought
the Earth was flat, and it forced most people to move on from the topic and excuse Irving
for the comments he made.
But now, Irving has added another layer to this ongoing story by talking about his flat
Earth theory again.
And he still doesn't sound like a guy who's 100 percent convinced that the Earth is round.
During an appearance on the premiere episode of UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma's
new podcast, Holding Court, Irving suggested that there's still a part of him that thinks
the Earth might be flat.
And he even went as far as to say that he doesn't think we've ever seen a real photo
of the Earth.
Kyrie Irving via Holding Court "The whole intent behind it, Coach, it wasn't
to bash science.
It wasn't to like have the intent of starting a rage and be seen as this insane individual.
When I started seeing comments and things about universal truths that I had known, like
I had questions.
When I started actually doing research of my own and figuring out that there is no real
picture of Earth, not one real picture of Earth—and we haven't been back to the
moon since 1961 or 1969—it becomes like conspiracy, too."
Irving's comments have inevitably led to more rage among NBA fans who can't believe
Irving is revisting this topic and sharing his flat Earth theory again.
Some are in disbelief about how dead-set he is to try and prove that he's not wrong.
"Kyrie Irving still has not let go of his flat earth theory.
He is solid and content in his wrongness.
It's amazing, truly."
Others have told him about how easy it is to find a photo of Earth.
"Kyrie says 'that there is no real picture of earth.'
Kyrie, apparently, doesn't believe in Google either"
But mostly, people have pleaded with Irving to simply stop talking about the Earth being
flat.
"KYRIE PLEASE STOP TALKING ABOUT THE EARTH THANKS"
Maybe Irving is conducting another social experiment here and we just don't realize
it yet.
Or maybe he really believes what he's saying.
But either way, it's clear that he's not going to budge from this particular belief.
The Earth is flat in his mind, and there's no changing that.
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