— SteemCN

Well, that's maybe a secondary tag, but do you think the people who it is addressed to actually read posts under the earth tag either?

do you think those people changed their believes over night and didn't get science like everybody else in school?

I'd be willing to hypothesize that there is a strong inverse correlation between a person's level of scientific training and the likelihood that someone is a flat-earther or otherwise generally "susceptible" to conspiracy theories and other common fallacies about reality. I'd love to see some psychological studies done about this.

There could be some other independent factor like a general mental cognitive difference, or something steming from sociological reasons like being desperate to fit in with a group where they feel special and privileged.

I think there are also some who do it for their own benefit, some who enjoy feeling empowered by having control of their audience of belivers (like religion), some who do it because they are just sociopaths who like to fuck with people and enjoy waste people's time. There are attention seekers who do it because it makes them feel important having so many people spending time and effort refuting their numerous "proofs" even if they have to put up with being called a moron on a daily basis. And there are probably plain old con men (notice how there are very, very few female flatearth "believers") who get pleasure from deceiving and tricking gullible shills.

But mostly I think it's a bunch of misfits who like fitting in with their clique and lack the cognitive and analytical skills to realize how foolish their beliefs are.

thanks for not answering my question..

Hard to answer a question that equivocates two unrelated things - level of science education and how quickly you change your opinion on the shape of the earth.

My answer attempts to address both issues - probably people who spout this BS are not scientific, and probably they choose to do so for reasons not related to whether they believe in science or not. How quickly they decide to do the latter is anyone's guess. What do you think?

Are you a politician or what? because you certainly sound like one.You clearly didn't spend a minute studying the subject. keep up your work defending a theory that till this day has no actual proof.Again, you didn't answer the question.You just gave some idiotic statements nobody asked for..You're not fair and english is my third language so..bye

I think you've lost the plot somewhere along the way since I've made no "idiotic statements" and rather thought I was mostly agreeing with you.

Since you offered it as an excuse I'll write it off to your claim about English being your third language even if you actually seem to have an excellent grasp of it.

Reality isn't fair, it just is.

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