at the deepest level of both areas there seems to be a common trend or conclusion. That everything that has happened to us is a result of some small powerful group controlling and pulling the strings behind the scenes and hiding our true history and origin
bare in mind I dont speak for everyone, theres tons of theories and its not 100% black and white but there seems to be a common one associated with alien intervention and the possibility that we are being ruled by a secret alien race
now within the flat earth community (some) have incorporated there own theory on this and tbh its fucking interesting.
alot of flat earthers believe the same idea, that everything is the result of us being controlled but instead of aliens were being controlled and influenced by a highly advanced ancient race of humans.
there isnt a real purpose to this post just something interesting iv noticed
It has more disproofs than supposed proofs, and was never a valid scientific theory at any point in history.
I side with dogbert. "Everything that ever was, is still out there - they're just hiding." The coelacanth and many other examples are well known, but another way things hide is by becoming smaller.
The dragonfly is another example, they have changed almost none - however they have changed greatly in one way, size! They are not the only ones, and I have seen the triceratops and many others as tiny lizards. Many prehistoric creatures seem to be of more significant scale, and there is tremendous evidence (historically, iconographically, and anthropological) that dragons are (or were) real AND a real threat.
That is clearly real, confirmable, and repeatable. The assumption of perfect uniformitarianism is just a guess used until more data (from dendritics, ice cores, etc) exists, and is typically significantly incorrect.