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[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

its often this curiosity - combined with some error in logic or bad initial data - that leads them to try and prove the unproveable so doggedly.

You know what we call people who perform experimental tests on a given hypothesis?

Scientists

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Scientists regularly get things wrong, which is why we have peer review.

The Flat Earther phenomenon is far more about a lack of trustworthy and accessible peer review than a critical mass of dumb people.

The flat earthers are a meme encouraged by all governments to discredit conspiracy theories in general.