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Flat earth vs round earth
by Jrjw in
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2. beliefs
my brother has been talking about the earth being flat and some big conspiracy going on to make people beieve otherwise.

what are people's thoughts on this?.
cofty

why does anyone care?
Dumb question of the year. Three days to go.
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Flat earth vs round earth
by Jrjw in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my brother has been talking about the earth being flat and some big conspiracy going on to make people beieve otherwise.

what are people's thoughts on this?.
cofty

they will start to think that their carefully crafted model is the absolute truth
Planet earth is an ellipsoid. That is an absolute truth.
If you doubt that you are an anti-science dullard.
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Where to draw the line: how Platonism haunts our discourse and the search for exorcism
by slimboyfat in
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2. friends
in the discussion about race i adopted a position i am not entirely comfortable with.

i think there is a sense in which it is useful to distinguish categories of description that can be fruitfully defended (apples and bananas) and those that cannot (caucasian or other racial descriptions for example).

but there is a more fundamental sense in which i believe that everything is socially constructed, every single line you can think of.
cofty

Postmodernism has added precisely NOTHING to human knowledge.
It is nothing but a bunch of self-important poseurs congratulating each other for their latest inscrutable ramblings.
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Flat earth vs round earth
by Jrjw in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my brother has been talking about the earth being flat and some big conspiracy going on to make people beieve otherwise.

what are people's thoughts on this?.
cofty

If this subject is of interest, you might enjoy the book, Longitude - TD
Outstanding book. I have it on the shelf behind me right now.
Anti-science dullards are missing out so much on the awesomeness of reality.
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The Scientific Method
by cofty in
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2. humour
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cofty

No theories are not discovered. Facts are discovered. Theories are meta-narratives that explain facts, laws and observations. They are constructed and have enormous explanatory power. 99.9999% of science is the hard work of discovering the little details that lead incrementally to progress. That process continues to develop exponentially.
Your lack of knowledge of that progress tells us something about your intellectual laziness but nothing at all about science.
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The Scientific Method
by cofty in
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2. humour
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cofty

The mere fact that you ask about the discovery of new theories shows that you don't understand your own objection.
Not sure if you are obtuse or trolling?
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The Scientific Method
by cofty in
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2. humour
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cofty

Dunning - Kruger effect.
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The Scientific Method
by cofty in
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2. humour
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cofty

And more postmodern bullshit from SBF. So fucking boring.
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The Scientific Method
by cofty in
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2. humour
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cofty

perhaps you can illuminate me?
Perhaps you can do your own research.
All scientific advances are going to be incremental. The huge leaps forward are less and less likely with the passing of time. Obviously!
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Flat earth vs round earth
by Jrjw in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
my brother has been talking about the earth being flat and some big conspiracy going on to make people beieve otherwise.

what are people's thoughts on this?.
cofty

So the big question is, why are YOU afraid to look outside of your accepted worldview indoctrination now?
I have spent more than 20 years considering all sorts of ideas. No need to put words in upper-case to get my attention by the way. Facts always catch my attention. Shouting bullshit doesn't.