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Chat with a geologist in Nevada about the whole flat earth thing

I was in a diner outside Reno last week and this older guy who maps rock formations for a living started talking to me about conspiracy theories. He said the flat earth movement bothers him because it ignores basic math that's been proven for 2,000 years. He pulled out a napkin and showed me how Eratosthenes measured the Earth's curve back in 240 BC with just shadows and a stick. It hit me different because he wasn't angry or mocking, he just laid out the facts calmly. How do you deal with people who reject that kind of simple evidence?
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thomas291
thomas2917d agoMost Upvoted
Yeah I'd probably just trust a guy who reads rocks for a living over my own eyes too, my depth perception is terrible.
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anna758
anna7587d ago
The real kicker is flat earthers trust their eyes more than math.
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