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The site is down so I haven't read it, but I suspect many flat earthers are responding to people who have no better reason to believe the Earth is round but lor
by spodek 7y ago
The site is down so I haven't read it, but I suspect many flat earthers are responding to people who have no better reason to believe the Earth is round but lord over them condescendingly.
When I ask my university classes for first-hand evidence that the Earth is round, not allowing photographs since we can easily doctor them, nearly zero can answer. Some get angry. Many can't conceive of what might make evidence. Most just insist that's what everyone knows and to suggest otherwise suggests stupidity, ignorance, or support for politics they oppose.
Yet rarely can one cite meaningful evidence they've seen or collected, or that others have seen or collected, to show the Earth's shape. They believe what everyone tells them -- effectively majority opinion. How is their believing the Earth is round any different than someone else believing the Earth is flat?
- Erlich_Bachman 7y agoMost people believe that airplanes are aluminum machines with engines that fly due to some aerodynamic physics. Then there is a minority living in a tribe somewhere doing the cargo cult thing and believing that airplanes are gods coming down from the sky because they have built a pretty enough altar, to give them food and treats. And yet you don't question everyone's belief about planes, even though very few people can explain how actually literal tons of aluminum and gas can get up in the sky. Holding a minority opinion, believing in something that very few people do doesn't automatically make that belief or idea worth studying. There are many factors and you have only listed "minority/majority opinion" as one. I would argue it is not enough to spark a meaningful conversation. It's not enough to say "I don't believe the same way as majority of people" to make it interesting to discuss and construct complex expensive arguments about.