You know some engineering disciplines still use outdated physics which, whilst academically incorrect math for calculating things like orbiting satellites, still works just fine for things like constructing an electrical engine.
For a person who is going to spend their life using pedal power and livestock, for example the shape of the Earth, being so big really makes no difference, since all the physics related to their experience and needs work just as if the Earth was flat.
Since such people are generally religious pentacostals and religion is intentionally allegorical, you can just safely assume they're being allegorical when they say the Earth is flat, even if they don't know it. Just pretend they're saying "might as well be as far as my life goes".
The main thing is that they're happy and you're happy. If it ever comes to something important where the distinction must be made, you have physical evidence on the side of scientific method and emotional anxiety on the side of wonton fantasies as a form of argument. However it is more important as social beings to avoid emotional arguments with other people simply for the sake of it and sometimes the courage to do the right thing means keeping your trap shut.
In psychotherapy a legitimate contributor to irrational behaviour is a history of abuse, in laymans terms it means a person who has irrational conclusions can very easily turn surprisingly dangerous to someone that isn't expecting it. Childish thinking in an adult is a danger sign, not a comedy act. Unless physically confident, let them think any silly thing they feel like if it keeps them calm.
...all people should have some logic courses in high school, not just college...if people aren't taught to have any logical thinking, then we have generations of idiots, w who are controlled by the few logical thinkers left...it's the dumbing down of America, being led by the Democrats for more control over the masses...flat earthers are just ignorant people that have never been taught well, and aren't smart enough to find the real information on their own...
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mightymoe
on Mon 07/02/18 05:58 PM