• MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    You’re assuming these people believe we even send things to space. I had a serious ass conversation recently with my father’s roommate. Typical conspiracy theorist ding dong. Full on flat earther and everything. I asked him how he thinks GPS works if the earth was flat. He admitted he didn’t know but then when I started to explain how it works by pinging satellites we put up in space he cut me off and said space isn’t real. Like legitimately thinks space isn’t real. He on a separate occasion also complained that we didn’t need to wear masks during covid because we apparently make our own viruses in our bodies and viruses don’t spread between people.

    These people don’t even understand how logic works. Let alone that people could be smarter than they are.

    • fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de
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      8 months ago

      Well, if you reject all knowledge you cannot obtain through direct observation, you can kinda start to understand how they ended up where they are.

      They’re intimidated by the scientific method.

      • flerp@lemm.ee
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        8 months ago

        Many of them are religious and believe plenty of things they didn’t directly observe. It’s more that they have been trained through religious thinking that if someone confidently claims something it must be more true than someone who honestly admits that “it is the best we can know right now and we will update our understanding as we obtain more evidence.” These people need the answer now and that answer can’t change because changing your opinion based on new evidence is seen as weakness and opinions should be handed down from on high and never change.

    • Hasuris@sopuli.xyz
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      8 months ago

      There’s always been crazy and stupid people. And then we gave them the internet to connect and to have a voice. Now they feed of each other’s crazynies and believe they run the world.

      Only way to fight this is education. Give people the ability to see through crazy. You’re not born with common sense. It’s taught and learned.

      • bufalo1973@lemmy.ml
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        8 months ago

        Not a solution but it is fun to put a flat-earther with a hollow-earther and say Earth is a ball. Then you grab some popcorn.

    • Socsa@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      Tbh, it’s really your fault for choosing to interact with this person more than once.

      • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        8 months ago

        yeah, god forbid you try to break down the echo chamber existing between parties for the benefit of public good.

        Fuck you, be a good robot for the party and STICK ONLY WITH THE PEOPLE I DEMAND YOU TO STAY WITH.