What's each conspiracy's end goal, though?

[Keith&Co.]

Saw someone pointing out that if the world is actually flat....nothing much changes.
We still have sunrise and sunset, somehow. The map isn't going to be drastically redrawn. Borders stand.
Whatever is pretending to be satellites will continue to provide TV, internet, weatger...

The only point in a flat earth conspiracy is to distrust science. That's it. Maybe a little more credance to those parts of the The Books th st describe Earth as flat, but most modern fans of The Books are more comfortable ignoring those passages, or labeling them poetic, metaphor.

And the sales of globes will decrease...

Other tyan thst, not much changes.

So, what other conspiracies ard there with little or no impact if they are accepted/proven true?

And what are some of the changes some conspiracies would demand? Like, if elections are fraudulent, Florida Man gets a mulligan....

 

[Politesse]

The moon landing one doesn't seem all that consequential, given that we seem to have voluntarily given up on that program anyway. I choose to believe that we did go to the moon and the other things, not because it was easy but because it was hard. But...

You have to admit, aside from the occasional tiny chunk of lunar anorthosite wandering its way through elementary school classrooms, we act pretty much exactly as we would had we never been to the moon at all. Like, sure, we got modern computing, velcro, much better insulation, and Tang out of the program, but if it was a fake program, we still have those things. Going to the moon in the past only really matters if we're planning on doing it again at some point.

 

[Keith&Co.]

Unless there's something really hinky about where those inventions are actually coming from?
We invented really dangerous and difficult space travel story to hide our contact with the civilization at Earth's core, or ourselves in the distant future, or aliens....

 

[Loren Pechtel]

The moon landing one doesn't seem all that consequential, given that we seem to have voluntarily given up on that program anyway. I choose to believe that we did go to the moon and the other things, not because it was easy but because it was hard. But...

You have to admit, aside from the occasional tiny chunk of lunar anorthosite wandering its way through elementary school classrooms, we act pretty much exactly as we would had we never been to the moon at all. Like, sure, we got modern computing, velcro, much better insulation, and Tang out of the program, but if it was a fake program, we still have those things. Going to the moon in the past only really matters if we're planning on doing it again at some point.

It matters to the scientists. However, for the average person a real moon program vs a fake moon program makes no practical difference. Consider Capricorn One.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

The only point in a flat earth conspiracy is to distrust science. That's it. Maybe a little more credance to those parts of the The Books th st describe Earth as flat, but most modern fans of The Books are more comfortable ignoring those passages, or labeling them poetic, metaphor.

Disagree--I think the main objective is to feel superior to others because they see through the conspiracy almost everyone else falls for. Compensation for the fact that the usual reality is that they are inferior.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

The only point in a flat earth conspiracy is to distrust science. That's it. Maybe a little more credance to those parts of the The Books th st describe Earth as flat, but most modern fans of The Books are more comfortable ignoring those passages, or labeling them poetic, metaphor.

Disagree--I think the main objective is to feel superior to others because they see through the conspiracy almost everyone else falls for. Compensation for the fact that the usual reality is that they are inferior.

Or simply normal. Most of us here are inferior to humanities best, except Keith&Co who sets the platinum standard for Wiseass.

 

[Politesse]

It matters to the scientists.

So does the concavity of the earth

 

[Angra Mainyu]

Unless there's something really hinky about where those inventions are actually coming from?
We invented really dangerous and difficult space travel story to hide our contact with the civilization at Earth's core, or ourselves in the distant future, or aliens....

It can't be any of that on any of the usual Flat Earth conspiracies I think.

 

[DrZoidberg]

Saw someone pointing out that if the world is actually flat....nothing much changes.
We still have sunrise and sunset, somehow. The map isn't going to be drastically redrawn. Borders stand.
Whatever is pretending to be satellites will continue to provide TV, internet, weatger...

The only point in a flat earth conspiracy is to distrust science. That's it. Maybe a little more credance to those parts of the The Books th st describe Earth as flat, but most modern fans of The Books are more comfortable ignoring those passages, or labeling them poetic, metaphor.

And the sales of globes will decrease...

Other tyan thst, not much changes.

So, what other conspiracies ard there with little or no impact if they are accepted/proven true?

And what are some of the changes some conspiracies would demand? Like, if elections are fraudulent, Florida Man gets a mulligan....

But the conspiracy is that the Earth is round. Not flat. Flat Earthers don't think they're in a conspiracy. They accuse us Round Earthers for being in a conspiracy. But you have an excellent point. It's a pointless conspiracy either way.

 

[bilby]

The moon landing one doesn't seem all that consequential, given that we seem to have voluntarily given up on that program anyway. I choose to believe that we did go to the moon and the other things, not because it was easy but because it was hard. But...

You have to admit, aside from the occasional tiny chunk of lunar anorthosite wandering its way through elementary school classrooms, we act pretty much exactly as we would had we never been to the moon at all. Like, sure, we got modern computing, velcro, much better insulation, and Tang out of the program, but if it was a fake program, we still have those things. Going to the moon in the past only really matters if we're planning on doing it again at some point.

It matters to the scientists. However, for the average person a real moon program vs a fake moon program makes no practical difference. Consider Capricorn One.

Well it's pretty obvious that OJ Simpson didn't go to Mars. He wouldn't have been able to get his spacesuit gloves on...

 

[Tigers!]

Who shot JFK?

At the end of each conspiracy theory unfortunately he is still dead.

 

[DrZoidberg]

Who shot JFK?

At the end of each conspiracy theory unfortunately he is still dead.

I thought he was on the secret Illuminati Moonbase partying with Elvis and Marlyn Monroe?

 

[hyzer]

The only point in a flat earth conspiracy is to distrust science. That's it. Maybe a little more credance to those parts of the The Books th st describe Earth as flat, but most modern fans of The Books are more comfortable ignoring those passages, or labeling them poetic, metaphor.

Disagree--I think the main objective is to feel superior to others because they see through the conspiracy almost everyone else falls for. Compensation for the fact that the usual reality is that they are inferior.

Yes, it is easier to believe in the conspiracy than to do actual intellectual work, either because they can't or don't want to. Believing in the conspiracy is often preferable to them as it preserves their world view.

 

[hyzer]

Who shot JFK?

At the end of each conspiracy theory unfortunately he is still dead.

I thought he was on the secret Illuminati Moonbase partying with Elvis and Marlyn Monroe?

Nope. Raiders of the Lost Extraterrestrial Sharks.

 

[rousseau]

The only point in a flat earth conspiracy is to distrust science. That's it. Maybe a little more credance to those parts of the The Books th st describe Earth as flat, but most modern fans of The Books are more comfortable ignoring those passages, or labeling them poetic, metaphor.

Disagree--I think the main objective is to feel superior to others because they see through the conspiracy almost everyone else falls for. Compensation for the fact that the usual reality is that they are inferior.

Yes, it is easier to believe in the conspiracy than to do actual intellectual work, either because they can't or don't want to. Believing in the conspiracy is often preferable to them as it preserves their world view.

On some level a conspiracy might be more comfortable to believe in. Someone, somewhere is in control and doing this on purpose versus random and meaningless suffering.

 

[bilby]

Yes, it is easier to believe in the conspiracy than to do actual intellectual work, either because they can't or don't want to. Believing in the conspiracy is often preferable to them as it preserves their world view.

On some level a conspiracy might be more comfortable to believe in. Someone, somewhere is in control and doing this on purpose versus random and meaningless suffering.

Yeah, it's much the same as religious beliefs - a universe that's random, amoral, and unpredictable is terrifying, while a universe that is under intelligent control (even malicious control) is at least predictable in principle, if you can find the secrets about who is pulling the strings.

It's all a manifestation of human reluctance to answer any question with "I don't know", no matter how honest that response might be.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

The only point in a flat earth conspiracy is to distrust science. That's it. Maybe a little more credance to those parts of the The Books th st describe Earth as flat, but most modern fans of The Books are more comfortable ignoring those passages, or labeling them poetic, metaphor.

Disagree--I think the main objective is to feel superior to others because they see through the conspiracy almost everyone else falls for. Compensation for the fact that the usual reality is that they are inferior.

Or simply normal. Most of us here are inferior to humanities best, except Keith&Co who sets the platinum standard for Wiseass.

An awful lot of conspiracy theorists seem below average to me.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

It matters to the scientists.

So does the concavity of the earth

I'm here--it matters to me. I have circumnavigated the Earth clockwise twice. If it were flat I would be 50,000 miles away instead of living two days in the future.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

Yes, it is easier to believe in the conspiracy than to do actual intellectual work, either because they can't or don't want to. Believing in the conspiracy is often preferable to them as it preserves their world view.

On some level a conspiracy might be more comfortable to believe in. Someone, somewhere is in control and doing this on purpose versus random and meaningless suffering.

Yeah, it's much the same as religious beliefs - a universe that's random, amoral, and unpredictable is terrifying, while a universe that is under intelligent control (even malicious control) is at least predictable in principle, if you can find the secrets about who is pulling the strings.

It's all a manifestation of human reluctance to answer any question with "I don't know", no matter how honest that response might be.

I think you have something there.

 

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