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Figuring things out (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (2 children)

If I do it 10 times and each time the result is 'flat', and 99.99% of scientists in the field say it's flat, at that point I would do some self evaluation to see why I was so hell bent on being wrong

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

If I'm grifting people into giving me money to prove it's flat I'll keep doubling down until that teat runs dry.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

you think there are 0.01% of astronomers, geologists, or any scientists, who think the earth is flat? 😂

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There's a couple grifters who pretend (or are stupid enough) to think so yes. It's like the "doctors" the anti vax guys point at

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

yeah but.. 0.01%? Maybe I'm delusionally optimistic but I can't believe 1 in a 1000 people believes the earth is flat, let alone 1 in 1000 scientists

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Isnt it 1 in 10 thousand? 1% is 1 out of 100, 0.1% is 1 out of 1000, so 0.01% is out of 10 thousand