I'm not a flat earther, but honestly when I see people who are ultra smug in their judgement of people who explore alternative ideas. It seems as if it might indicate some insecurity or other complex. Because when I hear something incorrect or wrong, that has nothing to do with me, I never feel its appropriate to just laugh at them or get triggered by it. Maybe the person is crazy? In which case its kind of mean to say the least. But what it does for sure is make you seem like a pompous ass to anyone with a rational and ethical mind.
> In the 3rd century BC, Hellenistic astronomy established the roughly spherical shape of Earth as a physical fact and calculated the Earth's circumference.
The fact that such articles exist, to debunk conspiracy theories, is the reason our civilization is spiraling downwards. The freedom of speech doesn’t give the right to anyone expressing stupid and unscientific ideas.
We all know we’re inside a simulation, so in this instance of reality, the earth is not flat and there is no ice wall :-)
What is sad, is that the media is becoming the new religion with all the upsides and downsides of religions: dogmatims, "answer" to all questions, holy wars etc.
No rational, intelligent person could believe the world is flat… I've always felt that was just trolling. I'm sure there are people who have delusions about a lot of things, but it's just not even in the realm of rational thinking.
