like, i could invest energy until i can actually refute flat earthers completely on the object level, and I’d almost certainly succeed. but this would be a huge waste of time.
I don’t think it would be that hard to refute flat earthers. One or two facts about how the sun travels, that the atmosphere bends light, and the fact that there are commercial flights crossing the poles seem like they would be sufficient to me. This probably won’t convince a flat earther, but I think you could fairly easily convince 95% of smart unbiased 3ed listeners (not that they exist).
You don’t have to go down every option in their argument tree, finding one argument they are completely unable to refute can be enough.
I don’t think it would be that hard to refute flat earthers. One or two facts about how the sun travels, that the atmosphere bends light, and the fact that there are commercial flights crossing the poles seem like they would be sufficient to me. This probably won’t convince a flat earther, but I think you could fairly easily convince 95% of smart unbiased 3ed listeners (not that they exist).
You don’t have to go down every option in their argument tree, finding one argument they are completely unable to refute can be enough.