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Originally Posted by tnff
SciManDan ( https://www.youtube.com/@SciManDan ) and Dave McKeegan ( https://www.youtube.com/@DaveMcKeegan ) are just a couple of those debunking flat earth and trying to answer that very question. It seems that flat earth believers come in two types -- grifters pretending to believe and true believers. The true believers appear to have some of these in common.
a. Can't really think in 3 dimensions.
b. Don't understand physics and math.
c. Personal incredulity -- the "I don't understand so it must be wrong" mindset.
d. Think of themselves as smarter than others and in possession of "secret knowledge" that others don't have. |
For item (d), I think that's a very big part of it. People who reject reality and instead choose to believe in some alternative explanation, usually with conspiracy theories to explain away the conventional understanding, often have this same deviant view on many things. They want to believe they are smarter than everyone else - they're in possession of this secret knowledge - "the real truth", while everyone else is a "sheep".
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