Do they really think the earth is flat?

[Seth R.]

Do they really think the earth is flat?

If you're a flat-earther, this image is a fake

By Brendan O'Neill

In the 21st Century, the term "flat-earther" is used to describe someone who is spectacularly - and seemingly wilfully - ignorant. But there is a group of people who claim they believe the planet really is flat. Are they really out there or is it all an elaborate prank?

Nasa is celebrating its 50th birthday with much fanfare and pictures of past glories. But in half a century of extraordinary images of space, one stands out.

[GarthP2000]

This is a classic (albeit extreme) example of how people can (and often do) believe any and everything they're told, particularly when its coupled with being indoctrinated with doctrine that's based totally on presupposition and appeal to authority, and will come up with any and all ridiculous attempts to fight any contradictory challenge to said belief.

And an example of how far blind faith can (when its not restrained by independent thought and science) render people's judgment totally loony and out to lunch.

[T-Bone]

Dang! Guess I'll get rid of my Rubik's Globe…once used it in a science project to demonstrate continental drift.

[dmiller]

Dang! Guess I'll get rid of my Rubik's Globe…once used it in a science project to demonstrate continental drift.

Rubic's Globe??