I think I can settle this! The earth is neither flat nor round, it is actually both at the same time. It all has to do with your perception or environment and how far you are willing to do to bend the earth in your mind.
Seriously though, I sometimes pretend to be a flat-earther or a round-earther and (in this case) both! I do this just because I can .. and it makes me laugh. It is not about winning it is about the debate. It is also about staying neutral and not having any knee jerk reaction.
Finally consider this, maybe this is a relatively neutral topic. This makes it an interesting metric to see our-self or how someone else is going to deal with conflicting beliefs and information. The implications of believing one or the other are probably not going to make a huge difference in the lives of most people. So when I see a strong emotional reaction rest assured I'm scratching my head. Anyways, I'm sure you can debate me here but that is how I see it so far.
I think the majority of the people are pretending just for the fun of it.. And it is fun.. So party on, hope your having fun too!! After all that may just be the test to see if you'll pass.
That's a great point, and it's part of what makes the earth-shape debate so interesting to me. Regardless of what side you're on, you're being hopelessly petty if you believe that the debate is important because of the actual facts you're debating. Round? Flat? Unless you're an airline pilot or a mapmaker, it doesn't even matter a tiny bit.
What really matters about this debate, in my opinion, is that it's all about where you get your information, who you trust, and how well you can evaluate the reasoning that someone tells you to accept. If fear profiteers on Youtube are able to convince people that the Earth is flat using videos they created in Microsoft Paint, what hope do we have that people will be able to see through the lies of a malicious government? Or a well-funded ad agency? Or a radical racist or religious organization?
I am, actually. I hope I don't come across as too angry. :) I'm having a ton of fun, and hopefully in the process I'm giving people a few more tools they can use to evaluate the ideas that come to them. Because that's what really matters.