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

lol. right

So, how'd you get into flat Earth?

how many hours do you have?

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short answer...I've always been a truth seeker..and while working on a prototype for one of my companies I was listening to a podcast (dont like music so much..I go for learning)

I'd say about 15 minutes total before the sleep meds kick in

lol

and the flat earth topic came up and it was new to me so...I had to find out more

I'm a PhD scientist so I guess I have a natural curiosity about how stuff works

so.....that started me on the journey

True. Out of curiosity, what was your doctoral thesis on?

apologies but I don't share that. it's such a very niche field that it would be easy to self-dox. but the general field is Chemistry

The general field was all I was interested in, so you're all good

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Hey @Flat Earth PhD

good to hear. my "troll radar" has been turned off 🙂

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Hey @INNR-G . how goes it?

I was never really one for chem myself, it's always been physics for me

yeah I have a minor in chemistry...just from the core curriculum

I meant physics

Ah

I was focused more on P-chem

than wet chemistry

Just reading yall comments.

@gohan what makes you interested in flat earth?

For me, it's moreso the people and the evidence they can gather

Because in doing my own personal (albeit limited) experimentation, I've almost always found the evidence to support an oblate spheroidal Earth, so I want to hear about the methods that lead to evidence for the opposite result