"Turtles all the way down" - an expression of the problem of infinite regress, alluding to the mythological idea of a World Turtle that supports a flat Earth on its back, resting on the back of an even larger turtle, on another, in a column of increasingly larger turtles continuing indefinitely.

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[–]Dragonerne 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

Contrarily, this expression and the context around it, conveniently works to imprint the ridiculesness of a "flat earth" in the very fundamentals of science terminology.

Words are spells. Meme magic.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

Not sure that's contrarily. Your point is unclear.

[–]Dragonerne 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

Play with me.
Let's assume the world were actually flat, but you'd want to convince the world that it is round. To do this, you use science. Empirical science indeed.
One way to contribute to the idea that thinking the earth is flat is to imprint on the minds of every scientist the idea that the world being flat cannot be an option to even consider. Describing the problem of infinite regress, one of the fundamentals of science, as "Turtles all the way down", ie. making fun of the flat earth idea, would be a good start.
Now every time a scientist thinks of infinite regress, he reinforces to himself the idea that flat earth is ridiculous. He conditions himself to never even consider such a stupid idea, because the idea is fundamentally flawed.

I'm not saying the earth is flat. I think the concept mentioned above is interesting.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

There are more than just a few fallacies to Flat Earth theory.

Whether it's turtles, elephants, more dirt, or molten forever, it makes no sense to have infinity below and an eternal ice wall with a limited dome above. Further, the setting of the sun and moon in planar rotations is ridiculous on many fronts with obvious physics. And of course, when you study the ellipses of astral bodies, the orbital mechanics + 3D space, 3D math, 3D physics + spherical planetoids make logical sense - PLUS there's no reason Earth should be considered exceptional above anything else in the Universe other than by religious retards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies

I wonder if there is a list of physics fallacies.

[–]Dragonerne 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

As I said, I didn't say the earth is flat. I said this term would be a good way to imprint on the mind the idea that flat earth is ridiculous.

Your conception of flat earth is also a strawman that no one believes in.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

As I said, I didn't say the earth is flat.

You weren't clear either.

I said this term would be a good way to imprint on the mind the idea that flat earth is ridiculous.

Now you are clear.

Your conception of flat earth is also a strawman that no one believes in.

The many variables and concepts I've listed above have been used by many Flat-Earthers, and perhaps inauthentically by many trolls. I'm certainly no expert in it, but like many conspiracies, ideas, and faiths, I've tried to give it a fair shake to see what comes of it. My assessment: retarded bunk.

[–]Dragonerne 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

For some reason, they have set up false flat earth theories and even made a flat earth society and even made flat earth conferences as a front, while they censor any actual flat earthers. They also promote debunks of flat earth during searches.

These things do not prove flat earth to be true but I find it interesting, because they used the same methods to censor the alt right and race realism originally, a concept I know is true because I studied it for years trying to debunk it.

Flat earth seems to be false, at least to me, but I do not find it as "retarded bunk". It is a falsifiable hypothesis just like any scientific hypothesis.

The flat earth concepts you've listed are however retarded bunk, I'll agree with you on that :)