Why do flat earthers still exist even though there is TONS of scientific proof it's round?

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Chewy______ · Accepted Answer

Because to them everything is a conspiracy and flat earth is just one of those beliefs. A cigar is never just a cigar. The government is responsible for absolutely every one of their ills,. along with everyone else's. Business failed? The government did it. Wife left you? The government planned it somehow. Record setting cold snap froze your pipes? The government was behind it. Can't get a hard on? The government of course. To them the government is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent at all times. It can fool all of humanity about the shape of the world and also control the weather and space. It sees and hears all. It has spies listening to and watching both Putin's people and the unkempt, unemployed slob in his bedroom making videos about dinosaurs being a CIA inspired mythology to corral people away from the fact that the earth is really only 400 years old. Secret cabals everywhere and they know exactly where they are and who they are, from Bull Gates to Prince Charles to the Rockefellers. Some fucking secret that is.

Nothing to to do with science or evidence. It's conspiratorial mindset.

sawno · Accepted Answer

Tends to be a crowd thats sensitive to long detailed presentations explaining everything with false logic. Watched one of those to one time and it seemed pretty believable, they told me in that video that I'd be able to verify it for myself by just looking at the plane flights because they would not go over certain countries.

I found that a great idea and began comparing various flight times across the world to various maps, the UN map the flat earthers consider to be truthful, the usual global maps, etc.

Guess which one is correct? This one https://flightradar24.com

Siri137 · Accepted Answer

I  know!  How anyone on this (very curvy) planet could ever possibly think it may be flat, is something I just cannot comprehend. What would it take to convince them they're actually otherwise? I'm guessing nothing could, because people like that are not open to new information, not open to the possibility they could be wrong.  I thought this was really funny when it happened. A flat-Earther designed and built his own rocket to try and "prove" the Earth is flat, but just ended up killing himself. This is how stupid they are. He could have just bought himself a plane ticket to see the curvature, or watched a ship disappear over the horizon.

Sirenboobzilla · Accepted Answer

Because they cannot wrap their heads around the mechanics of it all. Some will immediately believe a round earth is fake because if their religious beliefs.

When they hear that the earth spins at about 1,000 mph, they'll question how life and water doesn't get flung off. When they hear that the earth is about 24,000 miles in circumference and that's how we get a 24 hour day (with a 1k mph spin), it's hard to fathom. Because they can't see the curvature with their own eyes. And for some reason they all love to say only NASA is lying about it all as if they're the only space agency in the world.

WindAtMyBack · Answer

I think they are all trolls and just screwing around. I think this because you'd have to be a moron to actually believe the Earth is flat. But these people are not morons. If they had significantly below average intelligence, they would not be able to articulate the way they do. Anyone who writes those complex explanations for flat Earth is not someone with an IQ of 40, or even 70.

It's just a big game to them. It's a weird game, but still just a game. They enjoy it for whatever reason.

DryGermanGuy · Answer

It's politically incorrect to say, but dumb people do exist. I have seen quite a few flat earther videos on YouTube and apart from the usual business-oriented pretenders milking fools for their money, there are a number of really dumb people involved.

KostasKouvalis · Answer

Because if it was round, we would be upside-down in Antarctica... And sideways in Africa But we're right-side-up everywhere

Whitewulf · Answer

Still around? More and more every day and only gaining traction. And the fact that there is more evidence that it being flat would make more sense. You should do some research yourself instead of just believing what they have programmed you to believe.

postaldudePL123 · Answer

Humans are naturally prone to certain cognitive biases, such as confirmation bias and the Dunning-Kruger effect. Confirmation bias leads people to favor information that confirms their existing beliefs and disregard or discount evidence that contradicts them. The Dunning-Kruger effect describes a situation where people with limited knowledge overestimate their competence, making them less likely to accept information from experts. These biases can play a role in the formation and persistence of beliefs like flat-Earthism.

Source- Google BARD AI

NathanDavis · Answer

"standing out is the new pretension..."

abc3643 · Answer

The same reason people believe Donald Trump is fabulous when he's a serial fabulist and narcissist who blames everyone else and who is really only in it for himself.
Amazingly, these people refuse to see the 50+ years of evidence about his behavior and yet still support him and think he's the best person since Jesus.

ChiTown33 · Answer

If you mean on the internet? Think about it. Most are doing it just for the attention. I would say 95% are just trolls not actual flat earthers.

AviatorTom · Answer

Flat Earthers is a business. They make tons of money with books, symposiums and videos. I wonder how many Flatters there are who really believe the Earth is flat, versus those just out to make a buck.

electromagnetic · Answer

Conspiracy theories is so heavily rooted that it’s literally impossible for them to see otherwise

strateguy632 · Answer

because they are skeptic, not convinced, kinda like atheism no matter what whey hear they decided "is not proof".

mrcurious98 · Answer

Well with a little luck those people that believe the Earth is flat will walk off of it LOL

MikeFrench · Answer

I've never met one, so I think it's just some Internet BS.

shortster · Answer

70% of the Earth's surface is covered in water. That water isn't carbonated. So in a sense, the Earth is flat.

TallAnon · Answer

Because people like to be contrarians, gives them attention.

syncheart · Answer

I think it is because they are crazy messed up in the head.

PaulEGon · Answer

There Are None So Blind as Those Who Will Not See Old Sayings / By Martin Lassen.

Sparkie460 · Answer

I thought they all fell off the edge of the earth. Lol

AngryCarl · Answer

A lot of people believe Donald Trump will make America great again, and they're delusional too. It's simple, just deny reality.

BLP11520 · Answer

I don't know I know a few... smh. Fly in a plane and see the curvature of the Earth.

AmeerX · Answer

It's just some people are blind to the truth. They will deny it even when it's right in front of them.

Astarlessnightsky · Answer

They don't care about science.

IslaTheWitch · Answer

Because they can :D

katiesmuff · Answer

Ignorant Moron's will always exist.

slatyb · Answer

I think they are just trolling the world.

Jennz6 · Answer

They are not thinking

Christoff92 · Answer

Different beliefs always make Different people.

ThrillSeeker01 · Answer

Because the facts don't matter to them.

Jerre · Answer

Probably because they are ignorant!

jimmy2 · Answer

Must be Weather apps because it's flat

Charliefretz329 · Answer

Cause flat girls are still cute.

Luméa · Answer

They are ignorant

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