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7. Those are slightly different though
Sun Nov 26, 2017, 06:46 PM
Nov 2017

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.

Are Flat Earthers even legit, or just a bunch of real life trolls? Calculating Nov 2017 #1
I dunno, but I never underestimate the capacity for stupidity NastyRiffraff Nov 2017 #2
Those are slightly different though Calculating Nov 2017 #7
But if someone is anti-science NastyRiffraff Nov 2017 #8
Except you can see the proof in all of those cases Spider Jerusalem Nov 2017 #19
Evolution is obvious Egnever Nov 2017 #20
Too complicated to those in question. pangaia Nov 2017 #26
Up until recently, I understood they were just a bunch of eggheads.... Brother Buzz Nov 2017 #4
Thats how one of the orgs started Nevernose Nov 2017 #14
Oh they believe it. Look at the insanity on you tube, people are totally nuts Cicada Nov 2017 #12
They are VERY real... my mother is one of them. alittlelark Nov 2017 #13
I'm so sorry for you. lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #37
Biblical literalists and conspiracy theorists Nevernose Nov 2017 #15
Actually, I think rocket guy just wants to fly his rocket and is milking the Flat-Earthers for $$$. Girard442 Nov 2017 #28
I don't recall any verse in the Bible commenting on the shape of the Earth... Hekate Nov 2017 #31
There are echoes of earlier cosmology in bits and pieces Nevernose Nov 2017 #34
Columbus' departure from accepted truth was the SIZE of the Earth. lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #38
Yup, trolling is a thing Hop David Nov 2017 #24
The flat-Earthers lack the intellectual capacity to understand that photo, Mr. Tyson. nt procon Nov 2017 #3
How about THIS one? kpete Nov 2017 #5
"IT'S THE JESUS PENIS!!!!!!" lindysalsagal Nov 2017 #10
That's if the disc is perfectly edge-on. Nitram Nov 2017 #6
Now it's TYSON misusing an apostrophe to make a plural???? Jim Lane Nov 2017 #9
FE's think the moon isn't real and is just a projection of some sort sakabatou Nov 2017 #11
It is flat! central scrutinizer Nov 2017 #16
Please tell me you're just trolling! caraher Nov 2017 #17
Thank you! Bucky Nov 2017 #22
The how come we don't all just slide off? skypilot Nov 2017 #36
Can we use this image for the GoFundMe campaign for the expedition to L. Coyote Nov 2017 #18
Obviously faked by NASA Bucky Nov 2017 #21
You rang? hatrack Nov 2017 #25
Great A'Tuin blogslut Nov 2017 #29
Brilliant! Hekate Nov 2017 #32
Brilliant! demmiblue Nov 2017 #33
The problem with our society is that every opinion is treated as equally informed. Oneironaut Nov 2017 #23
So, if I'm on the phone in NY at 6:30 p.m EST and it's dark here... Girard442 Nov 2017 #27
The simple explanation is that your friend is on on the conspiracy... n/t whopis01 Nov 2017 #35
I knew that little weasel was up to something! Girard442 Nov 2017 #39
Really? This is what we've become? In what's about to be 2018??? Bleacher Creature Nov 2017 #30
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