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Not surprising. 18% of the US population thinks the sun rotates around the earth.


And would you classify that 18% as astrologically extremist or poorly educated?


iirc at least 4% of those are trolls - I read about that on HN the other day, forgot what the effect was called and can't find it in my history. But the gist of it is that these numbers are done via polls online and the statistics are poisoned by people filling stuff like "I believe in flat earth" for the lulz.



Do they also say they want to kill everyone who thinks otherwise? I don't like these trivializations, because these moroccan men CAN be helped in most cases, but if we consider them as dumb and deplorable we 're doing the opposite.




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