By now, chances are good that you've had at least one conversation with someone who was extremely emotionally invested in the flat vs sphere Earth debate. If not, count yourself lucky!
Over the last couple of days, I've had a few posts pop up in my feed on this topic, and one of my good friends has steered most all of our conversations recently this way as well, and I have to say I find it somewhat annoying, and a waste of brain-power.
Personally, I have no stance or "belief" on this. As with anything else that I cannot personally test, and which really has no effect on how I live my life, I just remain open to all possibilities.
What I will say is that it has the same patterns of division as people waking up to the violence of the state, GMOs, etc. Those who hold the newer belief far too often refer to those that don't as sheep, and look down on them for being sheep, while those who hold the old belief are always extremely combative and defensive, generally unwilling to do any research. This is probably the most interesting part to observe, as it shows that both sides are playing very cookie-cutter roles in these cognitive dissonance situations.
Are you going to live your life every day any differently on a sphere or a disc?
If you and another human are both anarchists, and both want to create a more free & peaceful world... Maybe work together to make that happen instead of arguing about the shape of the planet?
