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this post was submitted on 10 Sep 2026
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Not sure if this is specifically about flat earth or the general 'common mans position' whatever that may be. But the premise of 'simplest is best' and 'just get the job done' are not good ones.
That's the reason I don't shit in my pants. Is it more complex to have to consider personal hygiene and social coherence even though most days that doesn't matter at all? Yep, but that extra complexity enables more of a fulfilling life.
And secondly, the issue with people having bat shit stupid world views, is that they end up having an influence on society as a whole and making everything worse.
Just dump everything in the river, it washes away all the bad chemicals, it gets the job done. But those elitist scientists spout nonsense about ecosystems and entangled webs of life. Why do I need to know about that??
if you shit in your pants, it does indeed not "get the job done" to navigate you through your daily life (with somewhat acceptable quality of life). so it is not the simplest model that gets the job done.
same for the river. if you poison it, you end up poisoning yourself because that poison ends up in your food and drinking water, eventually. so it does indeed not get the job done. and that's what disqualifies it.
That 'eventually' is exactly what I meant when I said it ends up having a bad effect on society. By your logic, flat earth is indeed not getting the job done, because eventually it will lead to satellites not working, undersea network cables being drastically too short, planes crashing, etc etc
yeah i'm well aware that not every person can have that viewpoint. see my original post.