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ardvarcus ago

The flat Earth conspiracy on the Internet is interesting on several fronts. Did it arise spontaneously, as a collective joke to see how many morons could be conned into taking it seriously? Or was it deliberately implemented as a way of testing the credulity and gullibility of modern Internet users?

Did research psychologists and statisticians get together in a think tank in Washington DC and devise an absurd scenario just to test whether it could be sold to a large number of people merely through repetition and reinforcement? Are they keeping tabs on what percentage of people take it seriously? Or was it just like a 4-chan meme, similar to the recent "14 little words" meme, that got out of control and went viral? Are the people keeping it alive only doing it because they think it is funny, or do they have a more sinister purpose?

turtlew0rk ago

Its to discredit actual real conspiracies. Instead of having to address the inconsistencies of any actual conspiracy TPTB can just point to the flat earthers. Conversation over.

New_goat ago

i do not discredit other conspiracies! http://whale.to/b/israel_connection.html http://whale.to/b/israel.html

its all on www.whale.to give it a try

turtlew0rk ago

I never accused you of being the brains behind the operation