More examples supporting the point that flat earthism is not a simple issue of people being "stupid". It's a complex social problem that isn't fixed so easily. People can get there by several paths.
They don't like to be told the truth.
It's definitely a sign that formal education methods have failed somewhere along the line.
I wish I could agree, but by and large I think they process information in much the way most people do, they just apply it to something most of us take for granted.
It is bound to be no surprise that I am most likely on many such 'lists'.
OMG, so funny
It's a while since I've followed the flat Earth 'debate', it's nice to see the all the old debunkers still at it. But they must be getting bored by now. This has been going for years, and the arguments never change.
...Sweet!
Yeah, same old crap year after year. I have a hard time taking any of them seriously, even though I know how stupid some people can be. They apparently do the same amount of actual investigation as the Apollo deniers, all the while telling us to do our "own research", which apparently means watching other crackpots on Youtube. Nice little circle jerk they have going.
For what it's worth, I think some of them do sincerely believe the Earth is flat, but I'm convinced some of the drivers of the community are just doing it for YouTube views and to sell merch. People like Mark Sargent, who if you've seen a flerf being interviewed on TV was probably the one, Nathan Oakley, who's probably among the most worthless creatures on the globe, Eric DuBay, and so on, would be nobodies if they didn't promote flerfism. I take them seriously only insofar as they're damaging the experience folk could have learning actual science (and, more importantly, how to really think scientifically) by giving them an easy to intuit replacement to things they don't readily understand. But that's people for you.
It's funny how recent research has found what scientists have known for donkey's years.
I would suggest 'the cave of farting tossers' of old FTMB renown.
I didn't realise Smarties and Maltesers had been around that long.
Indeed, most flerfs are young earth creationists.
I can only speak for myself but I have contempt for those who ignore the depth and interconnected complexity of scientific discovery in favour of believing what they want and seeking out those sources that confirm it, as much as that seems like the default nature of people. I'm not sure what you're interpreting as hate. I found flerfs amusing for a couple of years, but never hate-worthy. Perhaps the odd individual flerf deserves hate, but not flerfs in general.
Because they have driving licences and the right to vote, yet are clearly as thick as pig shit.
Meaning?
Meaning that beliefs like those of the flerfs resemble religious beliefs more than anything. I make no secret of my disdain of religion in general. I see things like flerf "reasoning" as being a substitute for religion, or gang membership, or whatever. A cult is a cult is a cult. As PeteByrdie so succinctly put it, it's about defective thinking. Cult members of all sorts these days like to claim their opinions are as valid as anyone's. They might hold the opinion that Earth is 3000 years old, or that pi=3, but they are wrong. Their precious opinions are demonstrably false.
