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Do flat earthers think other planets are flat? All of them or some of them? Are stars (including and excluding the sun) flat too? (self.asklemmy)

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[–] MrJameGumb 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't think flat-earthers are capable of indulging in concepts like other planets. They're entire personalities are completely dedicated to indulging in their silly "theories" and insisting that it's important.

For example, have you ever asked a flat earther what possible incentive could there be for "the government" to lie about the shape of the Earth? The only answer they've ever given me is "control", then they get very smug as if this someone proved something and won't really discuss it any further. I don't think they're capable of imagining anything beyond that.

[–] NONE_dc 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I can't imagine how the shape of our planet can be used to control us. I mean, if the earth was neither round nor flat, but.... I don't know, toroidal. How would that affect our behavior?

Is non-Euclidean geometry more likely to make the population docile?

And why not use the flat earth as a form of control? Since that vision is much more limited than the traditional one, since there is no space, no gravity, no planets, no stars and no cosmos. Just what you can see and nothing more.

[–] MrJameGumb 4 points 4 months ago

The closest thing to an explanation I've ever gotten was "it's about control of information maaaaaan!!!! Wake up and stop listening to the LIES!"

I chose to end the conversation at that point