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The Archive of Persuasion
Where argument meets identity and language becomes influence.
These essays unpack the methods, mindsets, and mechanisms that turn persuasion into conviction — and belief into certainty.
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Published: Jul 21, 2025
This article unpacks how “doing your own research” shifts the burden of proof, flatters the ego, and turns echo chambers into illusions of discovery
Published: Jul 22, 2025
This piece explores how performance, props, and polished rhetoric create the appearance of expertise, revealing why sounding sure of yourself can be more persuasive than being right.
Published: Jul 22, 2025
This piece dissects thousands of Flat Earth comment threads to show how belief isn’t built on facts alone, but through patterns of language that turn debate into belonging.
The Power of Framing: How Questions Shape Belief Before You Even Answer
Published:Jul 23, 2025
This article unpacks how strategic framing and loaded questions quietly steer debates, showing how language shapes what feels true long before any evidence enters the room.
Published:Jul 23, 2025
This piece critiques rhetorical misuse of history, regardless of side
Published: Aug 11, 2025
This article explores how cognitive biases can turn simple narratives into unshakable convictions, revealing why even smart minds can be led astray.
Published: Aug 11, 2025
This guide gives you a practical way to tell what’s real. It walks through the scientific method as an everyday tool for testing claims.
Published: Aug 13, 2025
This article explores how “presentism” projects modern distrust onto the past, twisting ancient cosmologies into claims of suppressed science.
Published: Aug 31, 2025
This piece reveals how archetypal personas sustain belief through charisma and identity rather than evidence, showing why persuasion often survives long after the facts fall away.
Published: Aug 31, 2025
This article unpacks the “Futurist Prophet” persona within Flat Earth rhetoric, turning belief into identity and performance into prophecy.
Published: Aug 31, 2025
The “Preacher-Scientist” blends religious cadence with scientific props to create an illusion of truth—transforming jargon into testimony and turning doubt itself into heresy.
Published: Oct 17, 2025
This deep dive reveals how satellite timing, geometry, and open verification dismantle Flat Earth myths
Published: Aug 31, 2025
This essay dissects the “Doctrinal Purist” of Flat Earth culture — a zealot who guards ideology through sheer volume, purity tests, and rhetorical warfare
Published: Aug 31, 2025
This concluding essay draws together the Narrative Architect, Preacher-Scientist, and Doctrinal Purist — showing how wonder, conviction, and purity intertwine to turn rhetoric into identity
Surface-Level Truths: Flat Earth and the Pull of Literalism
Published: Oct 9, 2025
This piece explores how both rely on the illusion of “plain truth,” rejecting nuance and expertise in favor of what looks simple, sounds certain, and feels self-evident.
Published: Oct 9, 2025
This article breaks down how Flat Earth rhetoric hides evasion behind arrogance — using condescension, obscurity, and fake authority to win arguments by tone rather than truth.