Oddbean new post about login | logout @d6a30e9c I didn't know that about the flatties. What do you think is the root of that belief? Distrust of authority? Refusal to believe anything they don't understand? Peer pressure from other misfits? I've always loved biology and studied humans like a zoologist, but human behavior is stranger than any animal's.
@98513a7f my theory is that flat earth is like a catch-all conspiracy. People wake up, recognize some aspect of the lies we're living in, decide everything is fake and gay, then they wind up arriving at the earth is flat. It feels like a psyop to me, geared around language. Like the way "Conspiracy Theorist" originated as anyone that questioned JFK murder, to then spread doubt for anyone thinking to question it. Ferfers hijack "globalist" and everyone that disagrees with their view is one.