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Flat Earth Community / Reversal of Burden of Proof

« on: February 26, 2016, 02:28:58 PM »

I've read the wiki entry for burden of proof. For those that haven't read it recently or at all, the question posed is

"Isn't the burden of proof on you to prove it?"

The response is that no, it is the reader/RE supporter who claims that "NASA can send men to the moon, robots to mars, and space ships into the solar system", and therefore the burden is upon that person to prove their claim(s).

I make no such claims. However, this entire site is based upon the premise, and therefore does claim, that the earth is flat.

Do FE believers consider themselves always to be the defendant/respondent in circumstances where the shape of the earth is being discussed? Do they never positively claim that the earth is flat? If they do, then they become the claimant, and therefore the burden of proving the claim rests with them.

I raise this because despite having lurked on the previous site and now this one for many years, the most common response to a request for proof of a flat earth is "look out of your window". It's rather a basic "proof", in my opinion, but I rarely see anything more persuasive.

I hold out little hope of any informative response. I might even be chastised for deigning to visit the website and expecting to be spoonfed evidence of a flat earth.

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Flat Earth Theory / Real World Reactions to the Flat Earth Model

« on: March 13, 2015, 01:38:43 PM »

Hello All

I've lurked for a couple of years, and have read the FAQ and quite a large number of topic threads. The issue I'm interested in does not seem to be covered in any of the posts I've read, albeit the usual advance apology applies in case I have missed reference to it elsewhere.

There are clearly a large number of people who believe in FET over RET or, in any event, who profess to on this website. With this being the internet, it's practically impossible to accurately discern a person's true beliefs and/or motive for putting forward a particular viewpoint.

I'd like to invite FET proponents to say whether they routinely express their beliefs anywhere other than the internet, and if so whether their family/friends/acquaintances are skeptical or supportive. As a sub-question, I'd like to know whether FET supporters were brought up by FET believing parents or whether they arrived at their beliefs through independent research and/or thought processes.

I have no ulterior motive. I am simply curious. If this is not a subject any FET theorists wish to discuss then at least thanks for reading this post.

DT