[julianj]

I personally know one. Conversations about the topic are impossible. His arguments for the earth being flat are made of half truths and broken logic. Any debate brands you as a NASA shill. He doesn't believe the earth orbits the sun.

I have had doubts as to whether he actually believes and just uses this to make money off of his semi-successful youtube channel.

[mathattack]

If you want to know why people defy logic, look for economic reasons before psychological ones. :-) This applies to TV pundits too.

[mywittyname]

If you're smart enough to make money as a con artist, then you're smart enough not to fall for the con.

[mathattack]

Sometimes they don’t fall for it. They’re just making too much money to fess up to it.

[mywittyname]

That's basically what I'm saying. Anybody profiting from this is too smart to fall for the lie. There might be a lucky idiot out there who's accidentally making money off flat earth stuff, but they are in a minority.