![]() ![]() To me, the flat-Earth movement isn’t a threat to scientific sensibility. As far as I’m concerned, flat Earthers are welcome to deflate the global Earth faster than New England Patriots footballs. Now, they’re being persecuted.Īccordingly, one might think that I would have nothing positive to say about the flat Earthers who meet just over my horizon. ![]() Read the story: These Coloradans say Earth is flat. Skeptics generally doubt claims that lack legitimate evidence, but support claims that do. I am also a member of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and a local group called Colorado Skeptics. I am a member of the National Center for Science Education. I lecture about the fallibility of human intuition and the corresponding need for empiricism. I am a psychology professor who studies pseudoscience. I don’t believe the Earth is flat given my background, this is not surprising. As if that wasn’t surprising enough, some members of this community also believe that they are the recipients of flat-Earth prejudice, which I will now term “terrashapism.” The Denver Post recently featured an article about Coloradans who believe that the Earth is flat. ![]() Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu ![]()
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