![]() Therefore, it is appropriate that I discuss some of the claims of this panel as I further discuss how flat-earthers abuse the scientific method.ĭo you want examples of their terrible tactics? Nearly a year ago, Anthony, a sometime member of the BB panel, came into a flat-earth FaceBook discussion group that I’m a member of. I certainly hear flat-earthers parroting many of the arguments put forth by the BB. They seem to be leading the flat-earth movement with regards to what is and what is not science. Since the name of this panel and its YouTube channel is a double entendre that has an obscene meaning, I’ll simply call them BB (I told you they were vile). However, I’ve noticed that one vile group of flat-earthers have remained primarily focused on the earth’s shape. Since that earlier article, I’ve noticed more flat-earthers have turned their attention to COVID-19. I expressed my surprise that so few flat-earthers seemed to have diverted their attention to COVID-19. But truth isn’t determined by debate, especially when the debate is conducted in such a dishonest way.Įarly in the COVID-19 lockdown of much of the country, I commented that some flat-earthers had turned to talking more about COVID-19 than about flat earth. Therefore, if one can set out of bounds the best evidence for the earth being a globe, then one is well on his way to winning a debate about the earth’s shape. I can understand flat-earthers’ motivation in this, because even a little knowledge of astronomy torpedoes any notion that the earth is flat. This approach appears to be an intentional strategy to exclude any astronomical evidences when discussing the earth’s shape. ![]() With its emphasis on experimentation, flat-earthers use their very restrictive definition of the scientific method to exclude from science an observational approach to testing ideas, which leads them to conclude that astronomy is not a science. ![]() Flat-earthers conclude this is the one and only way of doing science. I pointed out that flat-earthers cite a very simplified version of the scientific method, one that is framed for laboratory science, perhaps at the high school level. Earlier this year I wrote about the scientific method and the flat earth movement. ![]()
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