▲ 701 ▼ Flat earthers (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 week ago by DistinctBall@lemmy.today to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 105 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 week ago (5 children) How do they explain the moon permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (1 child) "Clearly, the moon is fake and gay" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] khanh@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) obligatory "gay" btw permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* Hey, I wrote my PhD Thesis on Gay Moon Theory. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Phantom_Feline17@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago "The Moon was created by Islamo-Communists to make Hot Blooded Americans go to sleep!!" permalink fedilink source parent [–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago The moon is a sticker on the sky which is a big glass dome with holes in it. Or something like that, honestly they're not really very consistent. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AEsheron@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 child) So, they aren't exactly a monolith, different folks have different ideas. But generally speaking, they beleive all celestial bodies are basically spinning above us. I know they consider the sun to be actually really small and shockingly close to the surface. Generally the idea is the antarctic is the rim of the disk, with a giant ice wall that keeps the oceans in. Gravity is an illusion caused by the Earth constantly accelerating upwards. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 1 point 1 week ago What I gather from these types of conspiracy theories is a kind of logic like "what if reality is exactly as simple as it seems prima facie," and then from that they make all kinds of pseudo-empirical conjectures based on a anecdotal reasoning. There's nothing wrong with going out into the weeds with your thinking and doubting everything, for a bit (as a treat). But they seem to fail to realise when their hypotheses are actually far clunkier than the established science, so they just stay out there on the fringes of reason getting wilder and more unhinged. PS and probably there's some racism or antisemitism driving the whole thing, even if they don't see it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) How do they explain seasons, solar eclipses, lunar eclipses, lunar phases, tides, polar nights, polar days, etc? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago When you are stupid about one thing on purpose, you can be stupid about everything. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (1 child) "Clearly, the moon is fake and gay" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] khanh@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) obligatory "gay" btw permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* Hey, I wrote my PhD Thesis on Gay Moon Theory. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] khanh@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) obligatory "gay" btw permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* Hey, I wrote my PhD Thesis on Gay Moon Theory. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* Hey, I wrote my PhD Thesis on Gay Moon Theory. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Phantom_Feline17@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago "The Moon was created by Islamo-Communists to make Hot Blooded Americans go to sleep!!" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago The moon is a sticker on the sky which is a big glass dome with holes in it. Or something like that, honestly they're not really very consistent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AEsheron@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 child) So, they aren't exactly a monolith, different folks have different ideas. But generally speaking, they beleive all celestial bodies are basically spinning above us. I know they consider the sun to be actually really small and shockingly close to the surface. Generally the idea is the antarctic is the rim of the disk, with a giant ice wall that keeps the oceans in. Gravity is an illusion caused by the Earth constantly accelerating upwards. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 1 point 1 week ago What I gather from these types of conspiracy theories is a kind of logic like "what if reality is exactly as simple as it seems prima facie," and then from that they make all kinds of pseudo-empirical conjectures based on a anecdotal reasoning. There's nothing wrong with going out into the weeds with your thinking and doubting everything, for a bit (as a treat). But they seem to fail to realise when their hypotheses are actually far clunkier than the established science, so they just stay out there on the fringes of reason getting wilder and more unhinged. PS and probably there's some racism or antisemitism driving the whole thing, even if they don't see it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 1 point 1 week ago What I gather from these types of conspiracy theories is a kind of logic like "what if reality is exactly as simple as it seems prima facie," and then from that they make all kinds of pseudo-empirical conjectures based on a anecdotal reasoning. There's nothing wrong with going out into the weeds with your thinking and doubting everything, for a bit (as a treat). But they seem to fail to realise when their hypotheses are actually far clunkier than the established science, so they just stay out there on the fringes of reason getting wilder and more unhinged. PS and probably there's some racism or antisemitism driving the whole thing, even if they don't see it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago (1 child) How do they explain seasons, solar eclipses, lunar eclipses, lunar phases, tides, polar nights, polar days, etc? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago When you are stupid about one thing on purpose, you can be stupid about everything. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago When you are stupid about one thing on purpose, you can be stupid about everything. permalink fedilink source parent