What happens if flat Earthers go to space?

Xero@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 155 points –

Will they finally accept that the Earth is round, or will they say that it's fake and the windows on the space stations are monitors?

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Many of them will find some way to rationalize it. There was a documentary about an infamous series of experiments some of these geniuses set up - they were obviously consistent with a round Earth, so they dismissed it and started mumbling about mistakes in the experimental design and so on.

You can lead a horse to water, but horses can be intensely moronic animals.

You can lead a horse to water, but if it has rabies, it's more likely to kick your face off than take a drink.

"Gravity repels light so you don't see straight across the flats."