365 Questions - day 9
Mar. 19th, 2019 11:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dimity_blue9. What’s a belief that you hold with which many people disagree?
Well...I can understand why Flat-Earthers believe the Earth is flat.
Let me make it clear, before your eyeballs pop from their sockets, I don't agree with them at all. The Earth is round like a ball, not round like a plate (as I think Terry Pratchett said).
But how do I (or you) know? Because people have told us so. I don't know anyone who's circum-navigated the globe or been up in space and given the Earth's backside a quick ogle. But lots of people say so, so it must be true. Right?
Um, no. People spread misinformation all the time: Vaccines are bad; Shakespeare didn't write his own plays; Trump isn't breaking any laws at all. You get the idea.
I believe the Earth is round (like a ball) because of the huge difference in timezones. I think if the Earth was flat, much more of us would have the same sunrise and sunset times.
So, I believe the Earth is round (like a ball) but I can understand mistrusting information you can't actually verify.
Well...I can understand why Flat-Earthers believe the Earth is flat.
Let me make it clear, before your eyeballs pop from their sockets, I don't agree with them at all. The Earth is round like a ball, not round like a plate (as I think Terry Pratchett said).
But how do I (or you) know? Because people have told us so. I don't know anyone who's circum-navigated the globe or been up in space and given the Earth's backside a quick ogle. But lots of people say so, so it must be true. Right?
Um, no. People spread misinformation all the time: Vaccines are bad; Shakespeare didn't write his own plays; Trump isn't breaking any laws at all. You get the idea.
I believe the Earth is round (like a ball) because of the huge difference in timezones. I think if the Earth was flat, much more of us would have the same sunrise and sunset times.
So, I believe the Earth is round (like a ball) but I can understand mistrusting information you can't actually verify.
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Date: 2019-03-19 06:26 pm (UTC)I'm always amused when people want to have their cake and eat it to, so they believe in god even if they can't verify existence but won't believe other things without proof.
Humans are fascinating!
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Date: 2019-03-20 05:11 pm (UTC)Or they insist upon x part of the Bible while ignoring y.