• Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    its often this curiosity - combined with some error in logic or bad initial data - that leads them to try and prove the unproveable so doggedly.

    You know what we call people who perform experimental tests on a given hypothesis?

    Scientists

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      Scientists regularly get things wrong, which is why we have peer review.

      The Flat Earther phenomenon is far more about a lack of trustworthy and accessible peer review than a critical mass of dumb people.