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Frequently Asked questions from The Flat Earth Society
Oh boy. Where to begin? Oh, I know: "the space agencies of the world are involved in a conspiracy faking space travel and exploration...most likely motivated by greed rather than political gains, and using only some of their funding to continue to fake space travel saves a lot of money to embezzle for themselves."
Examples of Faulty Logic
I was pleased to stumble upon this random person's university webpage. It describes (with examples) common logical fallacies that people use to win arguments. I think the Flat Earth Society may want to do some reading.
I love how Googling takes me to random places on the Internet. But here's another link to the Wikipedia entry that reinforces what this random guy is sharing.
- List of Fallacies from Wikipedia - this is long, but worth reading up on if you find yourself struggling for the words to tell someone how wrong they are.
And don't miss this fun little PDF, too. It's from the random university guy's page.
The Preposterous Success Story of America’s Pillow King
On the surface, maybe this is a story of redemption and self-determination. But perhaps, it's just an indicator that being crazy doesn't necessarily stop you from being successful.
Doomsday Prep for the Super Rich
While we're on the topic of crazy, rich people: turns out survivalists can also be wildly successful in business.
How Has Technology Changed The Way We Trust?
This is a great question, posed in this article: "How do we trust people enough to get in a car with a total stranger and yet we don't trust a banking executive?"
What does technology want?
I'm not usually the type of person to share futurist postulations, but this podcast interview is incredibly interesting. The basic idea here is that a purpose organically emerges from a combination of elements, even in an iPhone. When that happens, the technology seemingly demands what it lacks, or wants.
I want to add a quick vocabulary lesson here to help you understand this better: "To want" means "to lack," as much as it means "to desire."