There is no IQ requirement to get on the internet and it shows. Somehow, the number of flat earthers is steadily increasing. Although many new members are certainly only joking, there remains a concerning amount of real believers.
Conspiracy theories are pretty cool, and some of them even make sense. But where’s the money in pretending the Earth is round? I’ve heard theories of NASA propagating the lie to embezzle money from the U.S. government. This doesn’t make sense though—if they wanted free money, they could just become a bank. The 2008 bailouts alone cost more than NASA’s entire budget over the last 65 years. And committing financial crimes is way easier than sending rockets into space.
But what can we do about this? Here’s what we can do about this. To stop a flat earther dead in their tracks and let them know they’re not even on your level, say this:
Oh, so you think the Earth is flat? You’re one of those people who believes in the Earth?