Originally Posted by Hitch
I'm actually involved, in a thread, on a certain forum (not here), about someone who felt that his book received "slanderous" reviews.
His book is explaining WHY THE EARTH IS FLAT.
No, I'm not making this up. I am absolutely, positively gobsmacked to learn that in this day and age, in first world countries, there are morons who actually BELIEVE this. I mean...what, they've never been up in plane, at 41,000 feet? They think the moon landings, video from the shuttles, etc., are, what, all faked? They think that there's some "magic" explanation, for why you cannot see Paris, with a telescope, from NYC?
I am...I am nearly speechless. I fully understand that there are people--a surprising (to me) lot of them, as it happens, that believe things that I don't. I get that. Not discussing THAT here. Those folks are talking about a concept that, by definition, cannot be proven nor disproven--by their lights.
But the FREAKING FLAT EARTH? There are actually adult humans, with allegedly normal education, that believe this?
Honest to sh*t, the impact of the Net on the world cannot be overestimated, in a very NEGATIVE SENSE. There are people telling other people--"disbelievers," to GROW UP, and watch so-and-so's videos, which PROVE thatthe earth is FLAT.
Speechless. Effing speechless.
Hitch
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