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Flat Earth Truthers and the Solar Eclipse

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday August 13 2017, @10:17AM   Printer-friendly
from the how-does-that-even-happen dept.

tonyPick writes:

Mic has an article on the upcoming Solar Eclipse across the USA, focusing on one particular group of observers: Flat Earthers, who believe that the sun and moon rotate around each other above the Earth's surface.

...astronomers (both professional and amateur) aren't the only groups excited for this once-in-a-lifetime event. Another, more controversial community believes the upcoming eclipse could provide overwhelming evidence to support their cause. These people are flat Earthers, and they believe the solar eclipse will prove once and for all the Earth is not a sphere.

The article describes some of the proposed arguments from the newly resurgent, and apparently quite serious, flat earth community.

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  • (Score: 5, Touché) by maxwell demon on Sunday August 13 2017, @10:50AM (3 children)

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Sunday August 13 2017, @10:50AM (#553177) Journal

    Just make sure [the ignorant] never ever get into a position of power or we will all suffer.

    Too late. [wikipedia.org]

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    The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by BsAtHome on Sunday August 13 2017, @11:07AM (2 children)

    by BsAtHome (889) on Sunday August 13 2017, @11:07AM (#553181)

    Yes, I did realize that when I wrote it...

    There seems to be a diametrical contradiction. The ignorant have a strong hierarchical organizational tendency, whereas the open and free minds tend to be egalitarian. Group-think versus individual thought.

    It is actually quite interesting from a sociological and psychological viewpoint. The fact that we have progressed technologically, as a species, is in direct opposition to the stability of a believe system.

    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 13 2017, @11:46AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 13 2017, @11:46AM (#553191)

      FYI it's "belief system", not "believe system"

      • (Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 13 2017, @01:57PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 13 2017, @01:57PM (#553247)

        FYI it's "belief system", not "believe system"

        I belief you are correct.