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In reply to the discussion: Neil deGrasse Tyson: A Lunar Eclipse flat-Earthers have never seen. [View all]Calculating
(2,954 posts)7. Those are slightly different though
It's not like you can literally SEE the proof in many of those cases. Many leave room for argument or alternative thought. You can LITERALLY see that the Earth isn't flat. If it WAS, you would be able to drive or fly off the edge of it. Claiming the Earth is flat is about as ridiculous as claiming that gravity doesn't exist. It's attempting to argue against easily observable facts. It's not like Climate change where there's wiggle room to argue about the models not turning out right, or that climate change happened in the past so it must be unrelated to our activity. Religious things cannot be proven or disproven at all so they aren't even comparable.
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Actually, I think rocket guy just wants to fly his rocket and is milking the Flat-Earthers for $$$.
Girard442
Nov 2017
#28
The flat-Earthers lack the intellectual capacity to understand that photo, Mr. Tyson. nt
procon
Nov 2017
#3
The problem with our society is that every opinion is treated as equally informed.
Oneironaut
Nov 2017
#23