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Interesting. That would make him much worse in my book. Now should I remember him as an irresponsible fraud or a mistaken fool? It is one thing to be so misinf
by lolc 7y ago
Interesting. That would make him much worse in my book. Now should I remember him as an irresponsible fraud or a mistaken fool?
It is one thing to be so misinformed as to believe a flat earth has any plausibility. It is another to reinforce people in this mistaken belief to take advantage of them!
- GaryNumanVevo 7y agoI mean, he grifted a bunch of flat earther's into funding his hobby. That's a win in my book
- lolc 7y agoThat's because you think flat-earthers "deserve" being cheated because they're stupid. I wonder how you'd react to cons that exploit your own ignorance. In my ethics it is fraud to keep people in a mistaken belief to profit from it. By adopting their beliefs as his own, he crossed into that zone. If he'd just announced that he'll check curvature for them, that would have been alright.
- GaryNumanVevo 7y agoFlat Earther's are more convicted than stupid. They're more than welcome to give money to anyone they please. > In my ethics it is fraud to keep people in a mistaken belief to profit from it. See: all of organized religion.
- lolc 7y agoIt's not fraud if you believe it yourself. Sure there are frauds in organized religion, but that doesn't make the religions as a whole a fraud.