Arguing with an idiot makes you an even bigger idiot.
"The earth is flat!"
"That's nice."
Go on with your life.
this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2024
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I believe the earth is flat too, now give me a trip to Antarctica please!
Huh, a moron was dissuaded of their beliefs by factual proof.
Will wonders never cease.
Wish the rest of my country was at least that wise.
No, no, he was defeated !1
Actually, it's good to question things. But only to find out one can demolish every fact into solipsism or a similar concept. After that one has to accept reality, or at least consider trying to live within the current rule set of reality.
For example, I do believe there is a chance we're living in the matrix, on a flat earth, or whatever. But that possibility does not need to be proven, or even disproven, before I continue living life with the perspective and questions I have. I try to be good, in a way that makes me happy to be me.
I did a LOT of psychedelics, weekly acid trips and monthly DMT departures were common. I've met what some call God. But I just come back to this planet and I only talk about my beliefs when people want to talk about it. I don't think any perspective holds more truth than another, like atheism, religion, spirituality and even sacred geometry.
We come together as individuals and a round earth seems extremely plausible and is the main belief. It does not hurt anybody, so I just accept it. There is no reason to chase something that eventually would not matter.
Maybe ease up on the psychedelics
Why?
I don't think the moon is real and no one will convince me it's just floating up there doing its moon thing till I see it in person and check it out for myself. I will need 2 weeks notice before receiving proof to put in a vacation request.
How did this dumb-assery even begin? Does anyone know? I mean who woke up one day, decided they knew better than generations of scientific research and discovery, and proceeded to start infecting others?
It's like the dumbest thing ever, especially when it's so easily provable.
I remember once as a teenager thinking what if atoms aren't real like what if everything is like solid, and just what you see?
A little interrogation of the concept and it fell apart pretty quickly (maybe ten minutes of internal monologue back and forth), but I still remember the moment the initial thought clapped me on the temple, and in that moment it felt profound.
I wonder if that's what being a credulous fool is like all the time. It was intoxicating.
It seems to be a human thing for a certain percentage of us to neglect scientific knowledge and believe in something completely random, far-fetched and borderline bizarre. We had that with deities thousands of years ago and now it's being replaced with flat earth, computer gnomes, tiny sugar balls or perhaps at some point bitcoin. A man can still dream.
4chan started memeing about how funny it would be if modern people believed the earth was flat. So they founded the flat earth society, and started satirically posting about the earth being flat. And then idiots (who weren’t in on the joke, and completely missed the satire) took it as gospel and ran with it. And at that point, 4chan thought it was fucking hilarious and sat back to watch the idiots play. At a certain point, it had grown beyond even 4chan’s expectations, and there was nothing they could do to stop it even if they wanted to.
The old joke is that Reddit is where stupid people go to act smart, and 4chan is where smart people go to act stupid. And the latter part of that joke is really exemplified by the flat earth society.
From what I recall, a group of 4channers started the Flat Earth Society as a joke. As the joke grew and became more popular, it started to attract the real loonies. When enough loonies came together, it sort of stopped being a joke and they took over.
Reality is a team sport, to some people. They have no objective means for evaluating claims. In their worldview, that is not what claims are for. In a very real sense they do not believe in the concept of truth. There is only trust, and trust is a matter of interpersonal loyalty.
Apparently, at least part of the modern version was an early discussion forum online. It was used as a fun, stupid method to train debating skills. Unfortunately, idiots stumbled in and assumed it was real. The debaters either got bored, or weirded out, and went elsewhere. The remaining people were the idiots.
It's an idea that seems to pop up a lot however. It's """Obvious""" to those who don't understand science properly.
Yeah, a joke taken too far
See Trumpism
Hey, I respect that they changed their minds
If the word defeat is being used in any sense, then no, they didn't change what they think.
Please leave them there.
Went down the rabbit hole of flat earth beliefs, and apparently they think other planets are round but just not ours. Instead they think it's propped up on some infinite columns. Once I learned they were more willing to believe in columns than their own world being round, I gave up trying to understand them.
Propped up against the gravity of what? If Earth fell down the infinite columns, how long would it fall? What would be the difference? What are the columns made of? Can we mine them? So many questions.
The most prevalent theory is that Earth is constantly accelerating upwards.
Everything just falls at the same pace
I thought turtles were involved in the process somewhere, makes about as much sense as columns.
I prefer elephants to columns personally
While Greek philosophers like Pythagoras and Aristotle eventually proved the Earth was spherical
Where did they learn it? (Rhymes with "Kneejipt*)
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