[VLM]

The Earth is objectively and unironically flat from the point of view of some, in fact many, narratives.

Certainly the architectural drawings of my house do not include a "bulge" in the basement due to heretical sphericalness.

All discussion of my basement floor being flat within about 1/2 inch need to be censored by big brother to save us all from free and independent thought.

The purpose of arguing about what should be censored is to distract from the argument of should there be censorship at all. Classic divide and conqueror strategy. Nobody ever gets asked if they should have concentration camps or not, they only argue about competing paint schemes and honorary mottos.

[AnimalMuppet]

I never said flat-earthers should be censored. I said they are objectively wrong, no matter what they claim.

And when they argue that the earth is flat, they aren't arguing about whether it's flat on the scale of my basement.

[ptero]

The problem is that almost any positive statement can be shown to be objectively wrong. "F=m * a", "x^2 = -1 has no solutions", "light travels in straight lines", etc. There are always conditions under which those are true or are good approximations for specific purpose.

Spelling out those applicability conditions explicitly is critical in research publications (but even then, only used for the topic under investigation). In all other contexts such pedantry is impossible. My 2c.

[diffeomorphism]

So? Wrong information is fine, misinformation is the problem.