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Or you know sometimes things get exaggerated. If you go by internet you would think half the world believes in flat earth.
by rtx 6y ago
Or you know sometimes things get exaggerated. If you go by internet you would think half the world believes in flat earth.
- ra7 6y agoA disturbing amount of people believe in flat earth and you are only aware of it because of the internet. Half the world doesn't have to believe in it for it to be alarming.
- rsynnott 6y agoSurprisingly large numbers of people do believe in absolutely bizarre things. While half of people don't think the earth's flat, some polls show it to be in double digits. And polls often show up to 20-30% for the moon landings having been faked. In polling a couple of years ago, only 25%(!!!) of US Republicans believed that Obama was born in the US (though this was a significant increase from polls taken at the start of last decade, and might indicate a degree of value signaling). We're hearing about this now because conspiracy theories about covid are _dangerous_ in a way that belief that the earth is flat are largely not. Another worrying one potentially coming up; a lot of people believe various conspiracy theories about vaccines, and this may become a serious issue if a viable covid vaccine becomes available.