How to tell the Earth is Round.

[tomhagen]

[DetlefK]

1. There are 2 reasons people think Earth is flat:

1.
Psychological studies have shown that people believe in fringe theories because it allows them to cast themselves as courageous freethinkers.

2.
An anti-establishment mindset. They think that somehow all scientists look down on ordinary people and are somehow lying and hiding the truth. The Flat-Earthers trash scientific experts and glorify the "wisdom of the common people". Unless such an expert happens to say something they like, in which case the expert suddenly becomes one of those common people.

[salin]

5. 1. Are folks who like a good trolling of others via their 'courageous

freethinker' personas.

[Quixote1818]

2. The Earth isn't round

It's a bumpy spheroid

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earth-is-not-round/

[niyad]

3. proof positive that the earth is NOT flat

[trusty elf]

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