[dreen]

I have met one serious flat-earther (working as a QA engineer funnily enough) and I think they may be more common than you think. The person had clearly easily impressionable personality as well as a 'there must be someone behind this' sort of personality which as we've recently seen, is quite common in western society. Furthermore, he at least had an intellectual confidence to share this view ("I know this sounds ridiculous but you should check it out") and many might not. I guess what I mean is flat-earthism is just a symptom of something quite common.

[sametmax]

When i lived in mali, a cab driver told me he wasn't afraid of aids cause it was well known you could be cured by making love to a virgin. There is no mysterious mechanism here. Just human nature.

[dotancohen]

How does one find these virgins and then make love to them? Does it involve force?

[dreen]

Unfortunately yes, apparently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_cleansing_myth

People are so screwed up.