Just a thought experiment, let’s say the earth is flat, looks like many professionals would know, including

  • Pilots/ATC/sea captain

  • Land surveyor and civil engineers

  • Astronomers and Geologists, at least the one dealing with experimental data

  • Militaries, at least radar operator and artillery

Just these categories are already a lot of persons, I assume I miss a lot of others. So how many person does it make in total ? 10 % of the population ?

  • MNByChoice@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    I was going to add other groups that would have to be in on it, but it is only required that you are all not real.

    I am real. My family is real. But outside maybe 30 miles from my house, no one else needs to be real.

    Sure, I can and have driven farther, but the trackers alert the actors. This has the advantage of the Earth’s population can be just a few hundred thousand total.

    Why? Clearly, I am the last truly important person, for reasons that are not yet clear.

    So … 50,000 people are in on it at least. And they are… 40%+ of the Earth’s population.

    Edit: to finish the thought. OP’s 10% puts those in on it at 800 million people. My 50 thousand is a much smaller number.