Study blames YouTube for rise in number of Flat Earthers

Re:Study blames YouTube for rise in number of Flat Earthers by baud147258 on Monday February 18, 2019 @12:02PM (#19192096)

Well, did you personally prove that the earth is round? I suspect that most of round-earthers didn't prove it themselves as well.

The problem is infeasiblity; it's infeasible for a regular person to confirm most of the scientific findings.

For example, ~75% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. They already have a hard time putting food on the table.

This kind of arguments against flat-earthers needs to be retired. It doesn't make sense to dare a person to confirm any scientific finding.

Let's just call spade a spade: Round-earthers believe the earth is round because they listen to the right experts. Flat-earthers believe the earth is flat because they listen to the wrong experts.

We are just listeners. Let's stop acting like we prove these scientific findings ourselves.

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Re:Study blames YouTube for rise in number of Flat Earthers by Yetanfou on Monday February 18, 2019 @12:47PM (#19192504)

Unless you're in the 'all potential evidence is faked' groupd I'd say the imagery provided by the flock of geostationary meteorological satellites is enough evidence to prove the earth is anything but flat. How else would it be possible to piece the overlapping imagery of these satellites together into a flat surface? Any flat-earthers around here who want to give it a try can get some imagery at [1] and start puzzling it all together.

[1] https://en.allmetsat.com/

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