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It is, but it's not. If a Flat Earther can essentially make up something like the Flat Earth because it "feels" right, then they can absolutely postulate any number of arbitrarily specific mechanisms that would duplicate plate tectonics.
What stops them drifting off the edge of the world? Maybe they do and new plates are continually being made that look like the old ones. Maybe it's an infinite flat plane. Maybe there are top secret bumpers out there that the Illuminati don't want us to know about. Maybe there's a recycling system like a bowling alley that brings them back to the other side.
How do they still have the energy to move? Maybe there's a bunsen burner under there. Maybe it's turtle farts. Maybe there's a little wizard shoving lumps of hot matter into conveyor tubes so that they end up in the exact right places. Where does the energy come from? Maybe it's just generated as needed. What proof do you have that the first law of thermodynamics is universal? Prove that to a Flat Earther, I dare you.
When you turn off logic as a restriction, you can explain any observation that might contradict your theory. It's why it's called pseudoscience. It's more a byproduct of the thinking that turns out the Flat Earth in the first place rather than a flaw in its own right.
Pointing out logical failings is a waste of time, as if Flat Earthers were amenable to logic they wouldn't be Flat Earthers.
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this thread is still alive even without my obsessive posting.
