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For the Flat Earthers, their magic spell seems to be the YouTube link. Preferably one of at least an hour's length.
I started reading Escaping the Rabbit Hole by Mick West (a book on conspiracy theories and debunking them). He mentions that a common denominator among those who do believe conspiracy theories is that almost everyone seems to start out by watching a video. I wonder if this leads conspiracy theory proponents like Flat Earthers to assume that such videos will have the same effect on everyone else.
The author also recommends that in response to such videos, one should ask the proponent why they found the video compelling or convincing. Unfortunately it looks like to the two respondents in this thread are drive-bys and aren't going to engage in a dialog about what they posted.
He runs a pretty good website at metabunk.org, as well.
I started reading Escaping the Rabbit Hole by Mick West (a book on conspiracy theories and debunking them). He mentions that a common denominator among those who do believe conspiracy theories is that almost everyone seems to start out by watching a video. I wonder if this leads conspiracy theory proponents like Flat Earthers to assume that such videos will have the same effect on everyone else.
Spend an hour of your time and do the research:
Spend an hour of your time and do the research:
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