【Taboo Forbidden Love full movie korean sex movie (2015)】

Welp. Shaquille O'Neal -- retired NBA superstar and Taboo Forbidden Love full movie korean sex movie (2015)star of the 1996 movie Kazaam -- believes the Earth is flat, and you know what? I'm not interested in trying to convince him otherwise.

This is tough to admit for a space reporter like me, but I'm not the least bit interested in trying to convince any "flat-Earther" that our planet is actually round.

SEE ALSO: Shaq is a flat-Earther too, apparently

You may be saying to yourself, "Oh, that's a really close-minded way of seeing your fellow humans, Miriam. All they need is a logical explanation and positive encouragement and they'll learn the truth, right?"

Eh, probably not. Abundant social science evidence on everything from global warming denial to moon landing conspiracy theories shows that simply giving people more information won't make them change their minds when they have strong preexisting beliefs.

Via Giphy

If a person has gone so far as to convince themselves that the Earth is flat, bucking all basic scientific evidence to the contrary, that means they would be convinced that I'm lying to them.

So, yeah, forgive me, but I don't see much point in arguing with that. I'll find another wall to beat my head against.

The fact is, you have to believe so many conspiracies in order to arrive at the conclusion that the Earth is actually flat that it's doubtful that my logical arguments will help convince anyone otherwise.

Mashable Light Speed Want more out-of-this world tech, space and science stories? Sign up for Mashable's weekly Light Speed newsletter. By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Thanks for signing up!

Yes, NASA spacecraft and actual astronauts have taken proper photos of Earth from space before, but that won't help if you believe that NASA is covering up evidence of a flat Earth and that the agency faked the moon landing.

Sure, our observations of the solar system only really fit if the planet is round, and even eclipses only make sense if the Earth were a sphere.

But again, none of that means anything if you can't accept that hundreds of years of scientific inquiry have led us to some type of truth about the shape of our world.

Via Giphy

Just to be clear, there's a difference between a person who's genuinely curious about how we know the Earth is round -- which is a good question for anyone to ask -- and a person who really believes it's flat.

I'm happy to engage in a dialogue with someone who wants to understand how we know the Earth is round, but I see no point in trying to convince someone that the Earth is notflat.

As former Massachusetts congressman Barney Frank famously told a town hall questioner, “Trying to have a conversation with you would be like arguing with a dining room table.”

I understand that it's difficult to believe something you can't see on a day to day basis. I get that me telling you that the curvature of the Earth is visible from space and even a plane is not the same as actually seeing it for yourself.

It also might be a weird leap of logic to think that even though the Earth seemsflat to you as you're driving across the country, the planet is still a globe.

But just because you can't see something doesn't make it any less real. The Earth is round, whether you want to believe it or not.

Far be it from me to try to convince you otherwise.

---

Featured Video For You

---

2016 was Earth's warmest year on record, continuing a three-year streak

---

• Shopping
• Games
• Life
• Social Good
• Deals
• Tech
• Science
• Digital Culture

• Nvidia DLSS: An Early Investigation
• The new dawn of Google hardware is really the rise of Google Assistant
• Break us off a piece of Chance the Rapper singing the Kit Kat jingle
• Finding humor in an absurd election
• Best robot vacuum deal: Save $140 on roborock Q7 Max Robot Vacuum
• Honey is currently the sweetest trend in food
• A pair of Nike's 'Back to the Future' self
• Joe Biden and Adam Devine go undercover at a college party for an important cause
• Best portable power station deal: Save 44% on the Jackery Explorer 100 v2
• How to watch Google's big event

• Everything coming to Disney+ in June 2020
• How to turn off FaceTime's resizing bubbles with iOS 13.5
• How this big locust plague will end
• Steve Carell's photo taped over real Space Force chief in clever museum prank
• 'Paddington' villain Hugh Grant eats humble marmalade for a good cause
• Apple’s lack of daycare isn’t an oversight, it’s a feature
• TNT's 'Snowpiercer' takes too long to pick up speed: Review
• Apple launches 2 new Pride
• Coronavirus and the power of playing games
• Everything coming to Hulu in June 2020

• Sony PULSE Elite PS5 headset open
• Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Kimmel made some pretty lame jokes about the Kim Kardashian robbery
• Break us off a piece of Chance the Rapper singing the Kit Kat jingle
• Google Daydream brings 'Harry Potter' to VR
• The EPA axed its climate change websites, but NASA's are still intact
• Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Kimmel made some pretty lame jokes about the Kim Kardashian robbery
• Town in David Bowie's 'Let's Dance' vid is holding a festival in his honour
• That's so fetch: The 'Mean Girls' musical is coming
• Mary Shows Up
• Honey is currently the sweetest trend in food

• Diseases from mosquitos and ticks have tripled in the U.S., CDC finds
• Trump falls 35 spots on Forbes 400 list
• This 'Super Mario'
• The hilarious Messages app Apple doesn't want you to have
• The State of PC Gaming in 2016
• How to watch Google's big event
• Google Daydream brings 'Harry Potter' to VR
• 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' gets Netflix release date, teaser trailer
• UGREEN Nexode 25000mAh 200W power bank drops to $79.99 at Amazon
• Football player dragged for 'racist' depiction of Aboriginal Australians