Insane conspiracy theory "criticism", like alleging that a study is a complete fabrication and the entirety of academia is playing along to help the illuminati lizard people control the public's mind, is treated like an insane conspiracy theory.
i spent years in academia. what i know about them is they are book smart, many are world stupid. they live inside the worlds created by the facts their got their phd's in. they have trouble seeing it any other way now, they are literally brainwashed into a way of thinking.
so there aren't that many people 'in the know' .. most are convinced what they are doing is right... 99% of the population is doing what they think is right. that is why i think i can make a difference, that is why i have hope, that is why i see this world waking up into a new age of peace and prosperity.
Flat-Earthism disposes of even that.
i dispose of nothing that is useful. i take from hitler if it was useful to my mission of getting closer to God.
it matters not where information comes from in my world, only that i can find it useful, in one way or another.
i really give no shits if the world is a globe or a flat.. makes no difference to me, but what does make a difference is the 54 million going to nasa every day. what does make a difference to me is the endless wars.
so please stop saying what schills would say about flat earthers. besides that, flat earthers are each individuals. some i agree with up to a point, then they get all crazy biblical (in my eyes). so you make up your own mind, expect others to do the same, but rational discussion can help you see more clearly. blind acceptance, authoritarian rule, mockery for even holding an idea... i have no place for that.
peace brother
namaste
In another context, I'd 100% agree with that; the replication crisis in psyochology, for example, is an embarrassment, and especially the backlash from some of the scientists who acted like being told their study failed to replicate was an attack on them. But, again, reasonable criticisms and conspiracy theories are different beasts.
Again, in another context...
1% of the population is still 70,000,000 people. And it would have to be in the millions, between all the individuals and groups worldwide who would know for sure what shape the Earth actually is. A conspiracy of that size keeping itself and its actions secret is highly implausible.
The NASA budget is 0.5% of the federal budget, it's tiny. I could totally believe a conspiracy theory where that much was being stolen if it was in the form of "a couple dozen washington suits that spend all day embezzling federal money and snorting cocaine". But NASA being fake has too many moving parts, different kind of thing.
Most wars throughout history have been fought by people who thought the Earth was round, true, but I don't think that's related to the causes of conflict.