>  The implications of believing one or the other are probably not going to make a huge difference in the lives of most people.

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?

> hope your having fun too!!

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.