Do you honestly believe that man is sincere? Do you really think that he thought his rocket would prove anything, other than his machoism? I think he's a stun

Do you honestly believe that man is sincere? Do you really think that he thought his rocket would prove anything, other than his machoism? I think he's a stunt man, in the vein of Evel Knievel (or at least aspires to be thought such a man.) Pretending to be a flat earther was just an easy way for him to get media attention for his stunt, and even get some internet funding. Did the internet flat earthers who gave him money for the stunt hand over that money with a sincere belief they were investing in a robust debunking of the "ball earth theory"? Or did many if not most of them give the guy money because they thought the stunt was neat/funny/awesome? Flat earthers know damn well that hot air balloons exist. Even if you're in the camp of thinking flat earthers are dumb morons with IQs too low to tie their own shoelaces, it should still be apparent to all of them that hot air balloons are cheaper and safer than hydrogen peroxide rockets. But a balloon ride isn't much of a stunt, a rocket ride is. What I found most disconcerting about that story was the number of comments throughout the internet expressing regret that Hughes survived. Saying that "Darwin failed", wishing he'd have died for the crime of being wrong about the shape of the earth. Some joking no doubt, but others saying it with enough vitriol to persuade me.