Agnotologia i terraplanisme. La ignorància en cadena des del mite de la terra plana

The present article aims to defend the thesis of ignorance in a knock-on effect. For this purpose, it focuses on the flat Earth myth, seeking its historical, philosophical, social and psychological motivations. The framework employed comprises Science Studies (STS) such as agnotology and Actor-Network Theory (ANT), psychology based in scientific method, approaches to conspiracy theory by Karl Popper and Brian L. Keeley, and studies on post-truth and misinformation by Harry G. Frankfurt. This text argues that in today’s hyperconnected society, where the notion of veracity has been dismissed, an agnotology in a knock-on effect is produced, and causing people to connect different stories through spurious correlations according to their magnificence and scope; giving apparently simple and rational explanations to unpredictable and uncontrollable events. In the same way, the STS validity is defended to monitor any techno-scientific innovation and, simultaneously, to glimpse the authenticity or unreliability of present sociocultural narratives.