Had no idea that a lot of people belive in it untill a few weeks ago my husbannd came home from work and surprised me with this information (they discussed that while having coffe-break). OK, we have a lot of people who belive in horoscopes, why not flat Earth fter this...
I think it's partly about thinking you have secret knowledge. Sometime there is no conspiracy. There seems to be increasing distrust of science by people who don't understand how it works.
I always want to think that it stayed in Middle Ages, but then I go outside and BOOM!!!:)