For the Flat Earthers....

[Barkley]

The problem I have here is, as has been indicated previously, people choose to believe what they want to believe and ignore anything that goes against their belief, as did the caller in this video. Willful ignorance, and prideful arrogance.

While this is (generally) harmless and (often) humorous, everyone does it, from the moron to the genius. It's in our very nature to develop a model for how the world works, then rationalize our observations such that they fit that model. We become vested in our "beliefs" because we're afraid that being wrong jeopardizes the world as we know/understand it (on various scales). And while it goes against our intuition and instincts, our only defense is listening to opposing viewpoints and applying critical, objective consideration.

It's frustrating as all heck when you run an experiment and get a result that doesn't show what you expected, but that doesn't mean it's wrong! It generally indicates that there's something you don't understand. Admitting that is very difficult for most of us, as it costs our pride.

You can very easily substitute "flat earth" for "vaccinations" for everything you've stated above. The difference is that it isn't just bruised pride, people actually die.

 

[Alethins]

You can very easily substitute "flat earth" for "vaccinations" for everything you've stated above. The difference is that it isn't just bruised pride, people actually die.

The world is getting too populated by stupid people anyways...