One Question: How?

I read through the FAQ and one nagging point has escaped me. The entire thing was an attack on current science and a defense of flat-Earth theory. None of that is really relevant. The only question of any purpose is how this forum came to exist.

Since none of the beliefs shared by the forum members have any form of substantiated proof, the source material must be from a much smaller sample size of people -- possibly even just one person. Does that mean that the majority of believers are simply blindly following the words of one?

I guess my point is that it doesn't matter how outlandish the theory is, the fact that enough people now believe in it to justify a forum representing it means that something extremely abnormal occurred during its conception.

Is there any one that's able to take me through the chronology of events surrounding this forums origins? A guy wakes up one day, decides he doesn't think the Earth is flat. He creates a theory, posts it on the internet, and years later we end up here?

The more thought I'm giving this the more I'm convinced that this site is an elaborate *joke*. The theory of the Earth being flat is perhaps the greatest representation of ignorance in the history of mankind. It's symbolic -- a moment in time where one can point toward and definitively state: "The majority is not always correct." It seems impossible to think that the members of this site believe what they're stating. It seems far more likely that they simply believe in what their statement stands for.

It's the perfect way to represent anti-conformity. You've taken the stance of the former majority on the topic. The theory of the Earth being round 1,000 years ago was no less ridiculous than the theory of the Earth being flat today. It's actually very clever, assuming that I understand the purpose correctly.

What is a quetion?

What is a quetion?

It's a misspelling for the word "question."

I suggest PM'ing Daniel(the admin of this fine site) to comment on this.
As far as I know,there was a flat earth society before the age of the internet.

I suggest PM'ing Daniel(the admin of this fine site) to comment on this.
As far as I know,there was a flat earth society before the age of the internet.

I don't doubt that there was always a small group of people that believed the Earth was flat before the internet. I am strongly suspicious of such a group existing *on*the internet though. Infinite knowledge lies at one's fingertips, so it seems impossible to me. I feel it is more likely that the site represents something else, which if true, I think is very clever. I'm not certain in either direction yet, but in the meantime, I'm finding these debates fascinating on a psychological level.

P.S. I couldn't help but notice your note on Occam's Razor. I find it's placement as a note under the avatar of a member of this forum to be very odd. I'd think almost everything involved with your theory would fall under that category.

This is a place of science and logic. Occam's razor has neither of those.