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[–] umbraroze@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Also, this is Jeranism, who has a history of doing a bunch of legit experiments, ending up proving globe every single time, admitting as much, then just going "well that's interesting", and keeping believing in flat Earth anyway.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Keeps believing or keeps griefing? I think he's smart enough to make these contraptions work and I bet he's smart enough to game the system for an easy buck as well. Because admitting as much probably means getting a real job.

[–] isles@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

As an impartial, uniformed third party, could they be trying to reach "true believers" and slowly walk them back on their wild beliefs? Almost Nnobody changes their mind by losing debates

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

He probably makes good money on this