I've been hearing about these people for a few years now. At first I just figured there were a few nut jobs out there. Now the movement has gotten pretty large. I watched a documentary last night and have a few thoughts. Overall the movement, IMO, is populated by people who feel left out of the mainstream and ignored, who just want to have a niche club to hang out and bond with others, looking for love. The science minded of the movement are repeatedly disappointed when applying critical/objective thinking along with experimentation to espouse their theory. I will give them credit, they keep looking for a testable supporting hypothesis. The last portion are the scariest, true believers that will do anything to support their zeal/belief. Very few of any of them would be willing to meet halfway and discuss the science to get towards a resolution of understanding. The confirmation bias is too much to overcome. I actually tried to keep an open mind while watching without much success, actually viewing a couple of the references cited on youtube . Nope. Another to pile onto the chemtrail slag heap of history.
Flat earth believers.
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There are all kinds out there, but there is also a media that exaggerates things, too. Makes for a great and shocking story, so they breathe more life into it than is probably really there.
There are also people into sex with lawn statues. You can find anything out there in a big, wealthy country like ours. Anything.
There are also people into sex with lawn statues. You can find anything out there in a big, wealthy country like ours. Anything.
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Indeed.
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How does one define the FEB ?
As Robert Heinlein pointed out, humans as a species are only meh at being rational, but we're really, really accomplished at rationalizing.
I encountered these people first 25 years ago.
My impression is that it started as one of the first forms of internet trolling.
My estimation is it was a debate exercise of reasonably intelligent people where they were trying to convince you of the impossible...but they knew it was a lie.
Fast forward to present time, and I think they've convinced enough dumb people that it is true and it actually has a following of people that legitimately believe it.
Scary, but that's the world we live in.
My impression is that it started as one of the first forms of internet trolling.
My estimation is it was a debate exercise of reasonably intelligent people where they were trying to convince you of the impossible...but they knew it was a lie.
Fast forward to present time, and I think they've convinced enough dumb people that it is true and it actually has a following of people that legitimately believe it.
Scary, but that's the world we live in.
I remember years ago a PBS show about people who left the Amish. One left as a boy when he mentioned in the presence of the Amish bishop that it was so marvelous to think that the earth went around the sun and the moon around the earth. He was backhanded by the bishop who told him that was heresy since the Bible said the earth had four corners and was therefore flat. He went on in life to get a college degree in psychology.
I have come to believe (I am an organic chemist by training witha Ph. D.) that people who get into these things like flat earth or who rigorously study and memorize religious texts are often quite intelligent people who were never given an opportunity in life to study at a college or university. Their mind is hungry for something to work on and they turn to what ever is handy, ie the Bible, the Koran, Flat earth, etc. They become "experts" in these areas and impress their fellows. I have run into a number of people like this in my 72 years ad I always feel sorry for them that they did not get an opportunity to dig into real science or history or philosophy.
I have come to believe (I am an organic chemist by training witha Ph. D.) that people who get into these things like flat earth or who rigorously study and memorize religious texts are often quite intelligent people who were never given an opportunity in life to study at a college or university. Their mind is hungry for something to work on and they turn to what ever is handy, ie the Bible, the Koran, Flat earth, etc. They become "experts" in these areas and impress their fellows. I have run into a number of people like this in my 72 years ad I always feel sorry for them that they did not get an opportunity to dig into real science or history or philosophy.
I won't argue with your experience but my experience was with a group of people were quite into the bible while at college. Chemistry and engineering too, not just libby arts. 
Of course, we're talking about like 1% of the college population had any interest in that sort of stuff, so perhaps well off mainstream once again.
Of course, we're talking about like 1% of the college population had any interest in that sort of stuff, so perhaps well off mainstream once again.
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One of them crashed a rocket he built. He lived a few lots N/E of me.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/daredevil-dies-homemade-rocket-crashes-desert-filming-tv/story?id=69157084
https://abcnews.go.com/US/daredevil-dies-homemade-rocket-crashes-desert-filming-tv/story?id=69157084
The guy was a character for sure. His enablers should be jailed. If you have Amazon Prime there is a very interesting documentary for free:
https://www.amazon.com/Rocketman-Mikes-Mission-Prove-Earth/dp/B07VWCCW1V
I don't believe in flat earth but those nutjobs could be a hoot to hang out with for a minute or two... Just don't give them your real name, email or phone #. 
Replace flat earth with Bitog and thats why I’m here.I don't believe in flat earth but those nutjobs could be a hoot to hang out with for a minute or two... Just don't give them your real name, email or phone #.
I have come to believe (I have no letters behind my name) that some people feel better about themselves by being condescending to those who don't think like them. In my 60 years I've seen the fluidity of science, the manipulation of history, and incongruity of human philosophy.
For the last 20 years I've subscribed to one of those "books" I don't memorize it to impress the like-minded, but rather it's the tool my Creator uses to conform me to the image of His Son.
I didn't bring this up but felt compelled to defend another side. Excuse me if that was a bit harsh but you hit a nerve.
For the last 20 years I've subscribed to one of those "books" I don't memorize it to impress the like-minded, but rather it's the tool my Creator uses to conform me to the image of His Son.
I didn't bring this up but felt compelled to defend another side. Excuse me if that was a bit harsh but you hit a nerve.
Oh well, we can throw our attention to the guy who flew his jet pack close to the path of planes landing at LAX. There is something for everyone in this world. 
But if you talk about the W plus boson which is involved in fusing hydrogen to helium in the sun, you don't really get much of a response.
Higgs boson was confirmed to exist in 2012 and the Nobel prize for it was given in 2013. New stuff keeps happening, even loophole free Bell's inequality was in 2015.
Allow me to tweak your statement a bit for my purposes by saying “There is someone for everything in this world.”Oh well, we can throw our attention to the guy who flew his jet pack close to the path of planes landing at LAX. There is something for everyone in this world.
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There was a post here a couple years ago about flat earther, and there was 1 or 2 people here that are. Blew my mind.
Also blows my mind of all the other conspiracy theories people believe in. My dad is an extreme conspiracy theorist. I mean extreme. We don't talk anymore.
Also blows my mind of all the other conspiracy theories people believe in. My dad is an extreme conspiracy theorist. I mean extreme. We don't talk anymore.
The world is totally saturated with nut jobs.
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