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In that conversation, nobody flat out says "the science is settled" because it is easy to explain the science behind the earth being round. No, "the science is
by betwixthewires 6y ago
In that conversation, nobody flat out says "the science is settled" because it is easy to explain the science behind the earth being round. No, "the science is settled" is only ever used as a way to end a discussion without explaining the details of one's position. Not that they're necessarily wrong, but just that they don't know the answers. It is always an attempt to end a conversation on an authoritative basis.
- notafraudster 6y agoI think sometimes it's out of recognition that the amount of effort required to convince someone -- who probably isn't even arguing in good faith -- of something sometimes exceeds the amount of effort required to dismiss them. Which is really sort of the main issue with ongoing discussions about settled topics (creationism, flat earth, young earth, anti-vax, etc.)... it's just miserable from a signal-to-noise POV
- UncleMeat 6y ago> In that conversation, nobody flat out says "the science is settled" because it is easy to explain the science behind the earth being round. Not to a flat earther. There is a mountain of garbage you need to wade through. You can sit there and talk about observing the curvature across bodies of water or with satellites or whatever and they will just sit and say "nuh uh". At that point "the science is settled" is way easier than wasting your time with them.
- mcguire 6y agoSo, you're arguing that the Earth could be flat?
- betwixthewires 6y agoWhere on earth do you get anything close to that from what I've said?