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Flat Earth Community / Re: Who cares?

« on: December 06, 2020, 06:49:31 PM »

Thanks for your response.

Knowing that your wife is cheating on you might also make no difference. It depends on whether you care about being lied to or not. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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I don't want to generalize the whole flat earth community based on this. But my takeaway is that it's enough for flat-earthers to know they are being lied to, but they do not feel any obligation or calling to do anything about the liars. Do you think this is the case?

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Flat Earth Community / Who cares?

« on: December 06, 2020, 06:36:10 PM »

I've been following the flat-earth/round-earth debate for a little while now. I won't argue for one or the other, but the earth as a globe makes the most sense to me. My question for this forum is, who cares whether the earth is flat or a sphere? What difference does it make to anybody's daily life? I often see flat earthers describe a worldwide conspiracy to keep the public in the dark about the actual shape of the earth. If this conspiracy exists, shouldn't there be some resistance to it? If it's too powerful to be overthrown, does it even matter that anybody knows about it? I'm curious.

Likewise, scientific achievements like the discovery of penicillin have created technology that vastly improved the lives of many. What such advancements would come from proving the existence of the flat earth?