True! The latest nonsense I heard was that nuclear weapons aren't real and that the attacks on Japan and all of the tests were actually faked for some reason. What a world we live in!!
The flat earth thing didn't exist until the internet. I'm 100% confident that it started as a prank, and such convincing pseudo-arguments were created that people with a higher susceptibility to conspiratorial thinking (learning the 'treal story', 'the truth', etc) got drawn to it and then expanded it. I think most of its adherents are doing it to troll the rest of us.
I can only rationalise it by thinking its hyper-trollism. Did you see the one about *birds* not being 'real'? I'm SURE that was started as a joke but then took on a life of its own!
Actually, the flat earth belief has been around as long as I can remember and that's a lot longer than the internet. I found this on Wikidia: Modern flat Earth belief originated with the English writer Samuel Rowbotham (1816–1884). And then there were beliefs that the moonlanding never happened etc. People have always made up stuff and either believed it themselves or made others believe it. And there have always been people who believe such nonsense.
I can only imagine that believing such things - however bizarre or ridiculous - makes then feel happier, safer or more secure in some way. Otherwise why deny the reality of things that are often right in front of them?
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I doubt that's a fact the flatearthers will accept. LOL
Conclusive evidence for a Globe I think - knowing cats and all...........
I can't believe that the Flat Earth thing is real though. No one can *really* think that... Right?
People who think Trump is a great guy can think anything.
True! The latest nonsense I heard was that nuclear weapons aren't real and that the attacks on Japan and all of the tests were actually faked for some reason. What a world we live in!!
The flat earth thing didn't exist until the internet. I'm 100% confident that it started as a prank, and such convincing pseudo-arguments were created that people with a higher susceptibility to conspiratorial thinking (learning the 'treal story', 'the truth', etc) got drawn to it and then expanded it. I think most of its adherents are doing it to troll the rest of us.
I can only rationalise it by thinking its hyper-trollism. Did you see the one about *birds* not being 'real'? I'm SURE that was started as a joke but then took on a life of its own!
Actually, the flat earth belief has been around as long as I can remember and that's a lot longer than the internet. I found this on Wikidia: Modern flat Earth belief originated with the English writer Samuel Rowbotham (1816–1884).
And then there were beliefs that the moonlanding never happened etc. People have always made up stuff and either believed it themselves or made others believe it. And there have always been people who believe such nonsense.
..and what would scam artists, politicians and advertisers do without gullible people? Go out of business.... [lol]
I've heard that! And apparently there's also a subset that believes Finland is not a country.
Finland? LOL - I double dare them to tell a Finn that!!
Well, those people are just so uneducated, there is no word for that.
I can only imagine that believing such things - however bizarre or ridiculous - makes then feel happier, safer or more secure in some way. Otherwise why deny the reality of things that are often right in front of them?
I wouldn't know, I can't and won't follow their train of thoughts, if there is any.
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