My internet comment: 'Flat Earthing' is about what most of us do a great deal
of the time about a great many things - trust gossip, "common sense",
hearsay and false reasoning, rather than keep an open mind, question what we're
told and think for ourselves.
Rob's internet reply: That's what they say about us...
My reply to Rob: Absolutely. And the immediate cause of that is that our
"Reason" - reasoning - can be employed to support things that are
incorrect, whereas we all take it for granted that "reasoning" leads
only to the correct conclusion. It simply does not. That, I believe, is
obvious.
The more interesting question then becomes why different people reach different conclusions in their "reasoning".
What
is the nature of that difference and its causes? It can be cultural - who we
"mix" with - but it appears to be also something genetic.
Rob's internet reply: Personally I think it's a mix of lack of education (for obvious seasons) and an anti-establishment attitude. When you are kind of 'angry' or jealous of people who in your opinion 'made it', you just attack their standpoints. Who cares about knowledge or truth?
Another thing is social acceptance for loners. I saw a documentary where shy people without social skills and friends gained respect in a group of flat-earthers (not online, they arranged large meetings) and even ended up on stage, addressing the public. And the same here: no-one really cared if earth was flat or diamond-shaped, they just enjoyed being together.
