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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0
Again, there are people arguing the world is flat
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I had a quick look at
The Flat Earth Society website. There is a
lot of information there but I got bored very quickly due to reading some of the "proofs" posited.
A couple of things (which I think I've already stated here) come to mind when looking at such websites.
Firstly, it is a closed club; you are either a member of the club or you are not. Which is true for all conspiracy clubs.
Secondly, and this quote is from a link you posted above (Learning from mistakes in climate research), "We also argue that science is never settled and that both mainstream and contrarian papers must be subject to sustained scrutiny".
The conspiracy clubs will not take on new information/evidence.
"Look, here is some evidence pointing towards the earth being spherical".
"No, that is fabricated data, the earth is flat."