> It makes them less likely to admit they were wrong. I'd venture that someone who believes in a flat earth - despite an abundant array of evidence which doesn

> It makes them less likely to admit they were wrong. I'd venture that someone who believes in a flat earth - despite an abundant array of evidence which doesn't require advanced science or abstract thought to interpret - has already passed the point of no return and they're either 1) horribly deluded and only therapy can help them or 2) a grifter and nothing will get them to change their stance as long as they can milk it. > calling people names At some point, there isn't anything else you can do but call someone "deluded" or "deceptive". If you knew someone who went outside every day and said the sky was neon green[1], despite all the evidence and your entreaties, you'd soon give up and retreat to one of those two positions, no? [1] I'm hoping there's no medical condition which transposes colours in a synaesthesic-type fashion. But that would be obvious in other situations...