that can be difficult...esp for scientists

Well, honestly, this more "silly" example still comes closer to explaining things on a flat earth then most hypothesis I have heard. I'll keep it in mind

🙂

I can admit that not holding all the answers can be hard, but I try my best not to fall into that trap

trust me...I have lots of questions that I don't have satisfactory answers to. But give me one year of NASAs budget (circa $20 Billion) and I guarantee I can create an R&D program to answer them...

good for you!!

that's what blocks most people in my experience

you have to be honest and say "I don't know" but I won't let that stop my pursuit

Hey! I gotta say, I'm glad I met you. A lot of times its hard to speak to people with different views because everyone is so quick to call the other person an idiot

I will apologize for the whole "flat earth community". realize it's probably the most trolled topic in history. it's constant attacks. so....folks tend to be on high alert all the time.

Yea.. though I try to push through it. The only way to learn is to challenge what you think you know

Well, for now I apologize but I must get some sleep. I hope to speak to you again at some point.

sleep well my friend. talk to you later hopefully 😉

Nice to see a friendly discussion on here!

👍

this is how it SHOULD be.

always

A civil discussion? About the flat Earth?

That makes me happy beyond words

🙂 it actually IS possible!

what a concept

The issue is I tend to get muted very quickly for asking difficult questions, which makes civil discussion... difficult, to say the least

yeah I would say it might be due to the reason I mentioned above. there is so much trolling activity that it puts people a bit on edge. it's not an excuse for bad behavior...just a possible explanation

there is no excuse for getting ugly

No, there really isn't an excuse

but we all sometimes say/do things we regret later

This is true

the real challenge here is the lack of video. some pyschologists estimate that circa 70% of communication is non-verbal

meaning...we could be losing 70% of the message just using text

Tone doesn't convey well over text

YES

It's generally limited to "EXTREME EMOTION" and "normal emotion"

lol. spot on

But the emotion being conveyed is always up to context clues

I mean sArCaSm is a thing now thanks to memes

right. good point

I think we lose appreciation for the very fact we're all here! can you imagine telling someone 500 yrs ago that one day people from across the world can communicate with each other in seconds?

we take it for granted

let's not abuse it. let's take advantage of it

I go for win/win scenarios

I agree. Regardless of the fact that we may disagree on _why_ it works, we all know that it does work