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I've got a friend who takes a little too much interest in things like that - 'Flat Earthers' especially. All these guys seem to focus on is discrediting the existing theory rather than supporting their own with any sort of evidence - a common conspiracy theorist trait. They also never seem to be experts in any remotely connected field.
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Ah, flat earth. That's a classic one, isn't it? I love all the photographic 'evidence' they trot out. Stuff like 'this photograph clearly shows the horizon as a straight line whereas if the earth was a sphere it would be curved'. well, lens distortion, and also wouldn't the horizon be a much more exaggerated curve if the earth was a disc? But hey, I'm no expert.
AlexD
Has your social media echo-chamber been compromised? :-)
I was reading some fun blogs on hollow-earth 'theory' the other day. It was pretty funny - lots of good 'therefores' going on.