> A flat earth makes sense if you only spent 5 minutes thinking about it and have no background in or exposure to basic science. Not that I particularly want t

> A flat earth makes sense if you only spent 5 minutes thinking about it and have no background in or exposure to basic science. Not that I particularly want to jump to the defense of people that believe in a flat earth, but they are not people that "only spent 5 minutes thinking about it". A lot of time has been spent trying to back up their beliefs and to form a coherent theory. They're wrong, of course, for many reasons, but it's incorrect and dismissive to call them intellectually lazy. The core of flat earth and similar beliefs is often a legitimate reaction against the large established systems in society that, from their perspective, appear to be failing in obvious ways while lying to them regularly that everything is fine. The are recognizing a problem, and attempt to apply something resembling science to try and find answers. I recommend hbomberguy's recent investigation into recent flat earth belief: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gFsOoKAHZg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gFsOoKAHZg