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Standard flat-earther response is to scornfully deny the existence of gravity. It's all density/buoyancy you see... Gravity is a hoax promulgated by the notorious cabalist Newton, in service to his Illuminati/Papal masters, etc, etc.



Why do we still talk about these people? The more we stand in awe of their calculated ignorance, the more satisfied they are.

I feel like there are better things to do with my time than be as fascinated by it as some people.


I periodically suffer the delusion that some of the nonsense-adjacent people may benefit from seeing that sensible answers can be found. Of course there's effectively no chance of reaching the proudly loudly ignorant, wearing their refusal of any good-faith discussion as a shibboleth, but perhaps their recruitment can be stayed.




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