Flat Smacking

The method by which the mental equivalent of an STD is transferred from an dumb, impossibly deluded, scientifically illiterate crazy to another dumb person, thereby endowing them with those attributes. The first symptom, often experienced by the infected subject as a euphoric sense of revelation, caused by the disintegration of most of the prefrontal cortex, develops quickly into a persistent sense of superiority to others, and disdain for anyone that is not also infected. Narcissistic, know-it-all type dummies are especially susceptible to infection, because, as they are already inclined to believe that they are more "enlightened" the general population, the appeal of "secret, special knowledge" makes them susceptible to the conspiratorial nature of this mental pathogen. Insidiously, this particular tendency means that the infected usually ENJOY passing on the infection, as perceiving the "revelation" in others satisfies their inate Narcissism. Unfortunately, their is no known cure for Flat-Earthism, though those of average and above intellect are less susceptible, & an effect inoculation exists, in the form of basic scientific education.