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In reply to the discussion: These Coloradans say Earth is flat. And gravity's a hoax. Now, they're being persecuted. [View all]Takket
(23,722 posts)I'll say this much.... they are fundraising for a billboard or whatever......... I'll donate to them but not for a billboard......... I'll donate to fund a commercial space trip about Space X or one of the private ships to send one of them into space, orbit the Earth, and come back down. If you can go all the way around and come back to where you started, you will know the earth is round.
of course i'm not really serious. much better uses of all of our money.
this is the problem with conspiracy theories. you get some smooth talking PT Barnum types to put it out there and the people who buy into it at the same time won't listen to the other side. A lot of it goes to plain old fashioned narcissism. "I'm really smart and can't possibly be wrong or not understand something, so this must be right..."