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06 Mar 19 14:59

diver

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09 Mar 19 06:07

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Suzianne

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09 Mar 19 07:10

@ghost-of-a-duke said
"The Earth is not like a table-tennis ball...It's more like a pumpkin..."

Let's hope some mischievous alien race doesn't decide to carve out a face.

It'd probably end up looking like our pumpkinhead-in-chief.

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09 Mar 19 07:17

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And I was referring to your comment that flat-earthers "don’t believe the earth is flat at all; for some it is an exercise in intellectual one-upmanship." You then called out FreakyKBH as being one of these.

I think my post was clear, even to you.

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09 Mar 19 08:53

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stellspalfie

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09 Mar 19 17:07

@suzianne said
So what was the consensus? Why DO people ignore reality?

The main reason appeared to be a sense of belonging, being part of a community and a fear of loosing those connections seemed more important than the truth.

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09 Mar 19 20:18

@stellspalfie said
The main reason appeared to be a sense of belonging, being part of a community and a fear of loosing those connections seemed more important than the truth.

I can see that. So they end up substituting their own "shared reality" for actual reality. Sounds familiar.

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09 Mar 19 20:22

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So now you are the final arbiter on what people believe, or what people believably believe??

I've long thought him to be simply guilty of confirmation bias.

If he is Christian, that certainly does not rule out confirmation bias, in fact it seems more likely.

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09 Mar 19 20:30

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SecondSon

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09 Mar 19 22:18

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And in your twisted mind you think saying that in a public forum is appropriate. You're a cad.

Not to mention the fact that you deflected away from the topic of discussion again.

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09 Mar 19 22:21

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@SecondSon

Didn't you know he used to sing in an old pop group, one of their hit songs was
"Oh yes, I'm the great deflector'? Surprised you didn't know that bit of trivia.

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09 Mar 19 22:35

@sonhouse said
@SecondSon

Didn't you know he used to sing in an old pop group, one of their hit songs was
"Oh yes, I'm the great deflector'? Surprised you didn't know that bit of trivia.

Thanks for that sonhouse. I'll take that into consideration.

diver