Recently, my wife and I sat down to watch a documentary on Netflix about the “Flat Earth” movement. This small movement of people sincerely believes that NASA, along with every other space agency in the world, has been lying to us about the earth being a globe and that the earth is actually a flat disc shape.
I have a strange fascination with this conspiracy theory. I’m fascinated not because any facts or science support the conclusion that the earth is flat (they don’t), but because people actually believe in a flat earth despite irrefutable proof to the contrary. It hurts my brain to think that people can believe something so obviously absurd.
It’s entertaining to observe the mental gymnastics these people go through to try to justify their fantasies. You see this with not only Flat Earthism but also things like 9-11 trutherism, “chemtrail” conspiracy theories, beliefs that the moon landing was faked, etc.
After seeing a tweet from conservative blogger Matt Walsh, in which he made the comparison between the Russian collusion hoax and various other baseless conspiracy theories, it occurred to me that those on the far Left are basically flat earthers. They relentlessly hold on to their various delusions despite all facts and evidence............To Read More.....
My Take - For years I've heard leftists making the claim they're smarter that conservatives. I particularly like this article because for years I said for the left to continue to believe (assuming they really do of course) the things they say they believe in face of all history and reality requires an enormous effort in mental gymnastics. But that doesn't really mean they're smarter than we are. What it really means is that ideology makes smart people stupid.
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