A new article, “No. 13 ‘Flat Earthers and the rise of conspiracy theories,’” has been published in the President’s Column on the special website for the 20th President of Hokkaido University, Takarakane Kiyohiro.

In the President's Column, Hokkaido University President Kiyohiro Takakin shares his thoughts on a daily basis, touching on international topics surrounding the university. In order to internationalize the university, messages are sent out in English so that international students and people from overseas can also read them. In this column, he uses the flat earth theory as an example to talk about his sense of crisis about anti-scientific thinking becoming active in conjunction with power, regarding global warming, the effectiveness of vaccines, etc.

Please see President's Column No. 13 "Flat Earthers and the rise of conspiracy theories" here. *You will be redirected to the Hokkaido University main site.