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[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 21 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

I also like when they got a light to shine through 2 holes and the distance they were at required them to elevate the camera because of the curve of the earth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFqmDazwb6Y

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Haha yeah! Actually I doubt they believe the earth is flat, I got the feeling it's more an excuse for outcasts to unite and feel unity, the "us against the world" thing. Like: "If no one accepts me, I'll just go all the way into weirdness and find others who are also not accepted, so we won't have to be alone. Let our thing be so damn weird and stupid, no accepted person would dare to join us."

But that's just my hypothesis after watching this docu and some other stuff about and from them.

But there are some fanatics that actually believe it, but I think they need mental help because they strike as people having a constant psychosis. Even the general group finds them weird and extreme.

It's really sad.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

As an intellectual exercise, I rather enjoy flat-earth theories. "Knowing" that the earth is round, without having actually proven it for ourselves, is dogmatism, not science.

Constantly challenging even our most basic assumptions is how science advances.