Flat Earth Society

First of all, I believe there are far fewer of these crackpots than are commonly thought to exist. The presence of social media serves to distort this.

To answer the question, there are QAnon conspiracy theorists who simply believe that science of all types is a web of lies.  The theory goes that scientists in all disciplines, health, climate, transportation, infrastructure, etc., are paid to publish papers proving ideas that profit the wealthiest and most powerful people on the planet.

If you will recall, someone has supposedly invented a carburetor that enabled cars to get 200 miles to the gallon, but it was buried by the auto industry.  This whole phenomenon isn’t new.

On top of all this, we live in a time that features an appalling lack of scientific education.  If you go on Facebook right this minute, you’ll run across dozens of different fraudulent claims for devices that generate electricity out of thin air, and tons of other crap that violate the laws of thermodynamics.