>The consensus of scientists for many decades was that the earth was flat. as we well know, the earth is not flat This is such an annoying canard to keep heari

>The consensus of scientists for many decades was that the earth was flat. as we well know, the earth is not flat This is such an annoying canard to keep hearing repeated. The earliest Greek philosophers realized the Earth was round. It was pretty much a done deal in the western world after that. To be honest, it's pretty obvious. Look at ships going off into the distance slowly dip under the horizon line. Look at the phases of the moon.