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What are the rationalizations of flat earth believers?

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What are the rationalizations of flat earth believers?
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What are the rationalizations of flat earth believers?
December 6, 2017 at 12:58 pm
Curious.

Any ideas?
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RE: What are the rationalizations of flat earth believers?
December 6, 2017 at 1:02 pm (This post was last modified: December 6, 2017 at 1:03 pm by purplepurpose.)
(December 6, 2017 at 12:58 pm)pool the matey Wrote: Curious.

Any ideas?

They enjoy conspiracy porn. Flat earth idea is pointless.
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RE: What are the rationalizations of flat earth believers?
December 6, 2017 at 1:06 pm
(December 6, 2017 at 1:02 pm)purplepurpose Wrote:
(December 6, 2017 at 12:58 pm)pool the matey Wrote: Curious.

Any ideas?

They enjoy conspiracy porn. Flat earth idea is pointless.

What are these flat earth conspiracy porn sounds interesting ?
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RE: What are the rationalizations of flat earth believers?
December 6, 2017 at 1:15 pm (This post was last modified: December 6, 2017 at 1:16 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
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RE: What are the rationalizations of flat earth believers?
December 6, 2017 at 1:16 pm
Flatters believe what they see, and nothing else. They see a flat Earth, so that's what it is. Their personal limitations are ignored.
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RE: What are the rationalizations of flat earth believers?
December 6, 2017 at 1:24 pm
Flat earth has less math.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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RE: What are the rationalizations of flat earth believers?
December 6, 2017 at 1:26 pm
You have to grade it on a curve.
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RE: What are the rationalizations of flat earth believers?
December 6, 2017 at 1:29 pm
(December 6, 2017 at 1:24 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Flat earth has less math.

I think it actually has more. They have to account for gravity, why the sun can't be seen at all times (similarly, why the moon can't be seen at all times), how seasons work, etc. All of that is quite easy to explain with a spherical Earth, not so much with a flat one.
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RE: What are the rationalizations of flat earth believers?
December 6, 2017 at 1:30 pm
(December 6, 2017 at 1:29 pm)Tiberius Wrote:
(December 6, 2017 at 1:24 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Flat earth has less math.

I think it actually has more. They have to account for gravity, why the sun can't be seen at all times (similarly, why the moon can't be seen at all times), how seasons work, etc. All of that is quite easy to explain with a spherical Earth, not so much with a flat one.

Bald assertions require NO math.
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RE: What are the rationalizations of flat earth believers?
December 6, 2017 at 1:31 pm
(December 6, 2017 at 1:30 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(December 6, 2017 at 1:29 pm)Tiberius Wrote: I think it actually has more. They have to account for gravity, why the sun can't be seen at all times (similarly, why the moon can't be seen at all times), how seasons work, etc. All of that is quite easy to explain with a spherical Earth, not so much with a flat one.

Bald assertions require NO math.

That's because math is part of the conspiracy, dude.
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