flat-earther
- noun
- /flæt ˈɜrˌθər/
- Many flat-earthers gather online to discuss their theories about the Earth's shape.
I feel it's disingenuous for people in the physics community to roll their eyes at flat Earthers if they haven't read their arguments.
- I feel it's disingenuous for people in the physics community to roll their eyes at flat Earthers if they haven't read their arguments.
- OK, you can say what is here you go ready holding flat earthers aside, but I assume you agree that Earth is spherical.
- And it is probably the case that some flat earthers are indeed just pretending.
- You know, you'll never see me make a video about flat earthers because I just don't see the point.
- I lost those guys a long time, those flat earthers.
- And you know, you extreme examples are like conspiracy theories like flat earthers, right?
- We we a balloon posed as flat earthers and went deep, deep undercover into the community for you.
- Yes, most scientists are like they don't even want to like hear what the what the flat earthers are saying.
- So for instance, flat earthers are almost never people who just happened to be wrong about photography.
- But I will do a monthly Zoom call with flat earthers because even I get that and I'm not bright with those space stuff.
Examples
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This was a bit like discovering your geography teacher was a flat earther.
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Scientists don't take flat earthers seriously, and I can see where they're coming from, but I think it's a mistake.
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What about why flat earthers believe what they believe?
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His only community are other flat earthers in this group.
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And it is probably the case that some flat earthers are indeed just pretending.
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If I ever meet a flat-earther, I would hope to be as polite.
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That wouldn't really put all the flat earthers to bed, right?
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Why is it that these flat earthers are always just like the simplest?
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They cannot be simply dismissed as 'flat-earthers' or 'deniers.'
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I feel it's disingenuous for people in the physics community to roll their eyes at flat Earthers if they haven't read their arguments.
Synonyms
A person who believes the Earth is flat
A person who believes the Earth is flat
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Flat-earther comes from joining flat ('level, not round') and Earth ('the planet') with -er ('a person'). So, a flat-earther is someone who believes the Earth is flat, even though science shows it is round.