I think it’s mostly about attachment to science fiction. Star Wars, Star Trek, all that outer space shit. If they are lying to us about space, all that fiction loses its believability. This more than anything explains the emotional hostility over a debate about the shape of the Earth, which does not directly affect anyone and is in many ways a dry, philosophical discussion.
I also think there is frustration that the FE movement isn’t going away with all the ad hominem and appeal to authority arguments. I keep trying to tell Globe Earthers that this is like Democrats and Trump. The arguments you’re making aren’t working because they are based on false claims of the FE position. This is why they don’t have the effect that’s intended. It’s not because FE people are “dumb” or “bots” or some kind of “cult”.
Sure, there is truth in that and a ton on money to be made. But, remember we're looking at the astronomical model developed by Nicolaus Copernicus was published even earlier than that, in 1543. An then later in 1666 when Sir Isaac Newton developed the theory of gravity. And even later with Einstein’s special theory of relativity which was invented specifically to counter the many experiments in the late 1800s that showed the Earth was standing still in space.
Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Einstein nor anyone else has ever provided any proof that the Earth revolves around the sun.
I think it’s mostly about attachment to science fiction. Star Wars, Star Trek, all that outer space shit. If they are lying to us about space, all that fiction loses its believability. This more than anything explains the emotional hostility over a debate about the shape of the Earth, which does not directly affect anyone and is in many ways a dry, philosophical discussion.
I also think there is frustration that the FE movement isn’t going away with all the ad hominem and appeal to authority arguments. I keep trying to tell Globe Earthers that this is like Democrats and Trump. The arguments you’re making aren’t working because they are based on false claims of the FE position. This is why they don’t have the effect that’s intended. It’s not because FE people are “dumb” or “bots” or some kind of “cult”.
Sure, there is truth in that and a ton on money to be made. But, remember we're looking at the astronomical model developed by Nicolaus Copernicus was published even earlier than that, in 1543. An then later in 1666 when Sir Isaac Newton developed the theory of gravity. And even later with Einstein’s special theory of relativity which was invented specifically to counter the many experiments in the late 1800s that showed the Earth was standing still in space.
Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Einstein nor anyone else has ever provided any proof that the Earth revolves around the sun.