Is the World Flat??

[Double post]

Ariane wrote: Scientists believe the universe is flat...

LMAO...ok?? so why are you asking us?

Ariane wrote: Anyway sorry if that is offensive it appears anti-christian which i am not, but people believing the flat earth thing is a modern myth.

Uh... no it’s not. There actually are people who believe the world is flat in 2019. No, I’m not speaking of trolls or those just in it for a lark. Try engineers, teachers, pilots, and plenty of other professionals. I’m not saying they are right, just that they do indeed exist and they have sound arguments for many of their claims. However, sound arguments exist for some truly bizarre things. So...

Kelrax Lorcken wrote:
I'm not aware of ANY ancient civilization believing the earth to be flat...

I suggest you do some research then. No, watching YouTube videos doesn’t count.

Phoenix Vidensia wrote:

Kelrax Lorcken wrote:
I'm not aware of ANY ancient civilization believing the earth to be flat...

I suggest you do some research then. No, watching YouTube videos doesn’t count.

may I ask why does it not count? Particularly if the video contains sources it's simply a second or third hand source no different than most historical sources.

Much Love, Respect and Peace,
Kobos

Kelrax Lorcken wrote: I'm not aware of ANY ancient civilization believing the earth to be flat...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth

Phoenix Vidensia wrote:

Ariane wrote: Anyway sorry if that is offensive it appears anti-christian which i am not, but people believing the flat earth thing is a modern myth.

Uh... no it’s not. There actually are people who believe the world is flat in 2019. No, I’m not speaking of trolls or those just in it for a lark. Try engineers, teachers, pilots, and plenty of other professionals. I’m not saying they are right, just that they do indeed exist and they have sound arguments for many of their claims. However, sound arguments exist for some truly bizarre things. So...

I'm interested in these professionals who have this belief, mainly because the modern day movement of flat earthers is proven to be a result of failures in the education system. Flat earth beliefs are known to be derived from a fundamental lack of understanding in basic physics and math, resulting in the person not being able to explain a basic phenomenon. Combined with the Dunning-Krueger effect this results in them not being able to recognize their own ignorance, much less be willing to accept it, and instead redirect their focus on conspiracies to say some authority has lied to the world in some way.

So I would be very interested to meet an engineer or a teacher who believes the earth is flat, as I am curious how they gained the credentials to go into these fields with said lack of fundamental education.

Proteus wrote:

Phoenix Vidensia wrote: [

I'm interested in these professionals who have this belief, mainly because the modern day movement of flat earthers is proven to be a result of failures in the education system. Flat earth beliefs are known to be derived from a fundamental lack of understanding in basic physics and math, resulting in the person not being able to explain a basic phenomenon. Combined with the Dunning-Krueger effect this results in them not being able to recognize their own ignorance, much less be willing to accept it, and instead redirect their focus on conspiracies to say some authority has lied to the world in some way.

So I would be very interested to meet an engineer or a teacher who believes the earth is flat, as I am curious how they gained the credentials to go into these fields with said lack of fundamental education.

I wonder if they'd be interested in meeting you...

Kobos wrote:

Phoenix Vidensia wrote:

Kelrax Lorcken wrote:
I'm not aware of ANY ancient civilization believing the earth to be flat...

I suggest you do some research then. No, watching YouTube videos doesn’t count.

may I ask why does it not count? Particularly if the video contains sources it's simply a second or third hand source no different than most historical sources.

Much Love, Respect and Peace,
Kobos

First, it's lazy. Second, most of it is infotainment. Third, do you actually check the sources for these videos?

Understandable reasoning, I do tend to on things I am researching or looking into more than a casual glance. It is part of confirming information for me. But in presenting that information to someone else "infotainment" as you put it may be more effective for them as opposed to how I process information and research into writing. Laziness in this sense is in the eye of the beholder, not everyone enjoys digging through documents and text books like I do.

Much Love, Respect and Peace,
Kobos