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minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months ago its often this curiosity - combined with some error in logic or bad initial data - that leads them to try and prove the unproveable so doggedly. You know what we call people who perform experimental tests on a given hypothesis? Scientists
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoScientists regularly get things wrong, which is why we have peer review. The Flat Earther phenomenon is far more about a lack of trustworthy and accessible peer review than a critical mass of dumb people.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThe flat earthers are a meme encouraged by all governments to discredit conspiracy theories in general.
You know what we call people who perform experimental tests on a given hypothesis?
Scientists
Scientists regularly get things wrong, which is why we have peer review.
The Flat Earther phenomenon is far more about a lack of trustworthy and accessible peer review than a critical mass of dumb people.
The flat earthers are a meme encouraged by all governments to discredit conspiracy theories in general.