Re:In defense of flat earthers (2020)
by Cthulhu_ on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @04:46AM
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> (that the educational system failed to teach them critical thinking)
I think they ARE thinking critically - about what most people consider established knowledge, what most people don't even consider doubting.
> you cannot reason them out of it.
Just so. I for one can't be reasoned out of thinking the earth is round; I (and I presume you) have these beliefs, and trying to convince us otherwise is pretty much impossible. I wouldn't want to try and argue a flat earther out of their beliefs, because they are set in their beliefs.
I think they ARE thinking critically - about what most people consider established knowledge, what most people don't even consider doubting.
> you cannot reason them out of it.
Just so. I for one can't be reasoned out of thinking the earth is round; I (and I presume you) have these beliefs, and trying to convince us otherwise is pretty much impossible. I wouldn't want to try and argue a flat earther out of their beliefs, because they are set in their beliefs.