![]() ( chocolatefather / Adobe) Edge of the Worldīut what exactly is a “flat Earth theory”? In fact, there never has been anything called “the flat Earth theory”. What do we do, then, when someone actually does believe that the Earth is flat, as the American rapper B.o.B expressed recently ? The usual path seems to be blocked it is difficult to insult someone with a term that they themselves happily adopt.Ĭonceptual scheme. In a subsequent move that one can read as either very fortunate or very unfortunate, the real Flat Earth Society issued a statement in support of the hypothesis of anthropogenic climate change. “Flat Earther” is simply a scientifically seasoned variation of “idiot”.įor a recent example, US President Barack Obama recently expressed impatience with the persistent objections put forward by climate change deniers by saying: “We don’t have time for a meeting of the Flat Earth Society.” ![]() This being so, oddly enough, most people described pejoratively as “flat Earthers” do not actually believe that the Earth is flat. The idea of the Earth being flat is considered not only wrong, but a model of wrongness, the gold standard of being incorrect about something. For most people, being described as a “flat Earther” is an insult.
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