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"The Earth is round" was once an unsatisfiable theory for quite a while.
by bboygravity 4y ago
"The Earth is round" was once an unsatisfiable theory for quite a while.
- namaria 4y agoThis is such a common trope. Erasthenes observed the Earth must be round using shadows over 2 thousand years ago. There was never an intellectual controversy about it before internet dupes fell for an obvious prank.
- XorNot 4y agoThere's nothing new in human experience. If we have flat Earthers now then they absolutely existed back then.
- namaria 4y agoThere is no historical record of such controversy. It's an easy question to answer with basic astronomy and geometry. The controversy is a modern manufacture and the cartoon trope of old timey misconceptions about the shape of Earth is not based on evidence. Those in a position to ask the question have always been in a position to reach the obvious answer.
- GoblinSlayer 4y agoDo you want to say that people didn't believe in flat earth?
- tcmart14 4y agoI would say, if you go back 2,000 years, most people probably never considered the question or cared. The ones who did were a small number of intellectuals. At some point, there probably was a debate among those. The peasants out in the field? Didn't know and probably didn't care and didn't matter.
- GoblinSlayer 4y agoHow about 2001 year ago?
- namaria 4y agoThe point is, it's an easy question to answer and it was as soon as it was posited. There was never a controversy recorded before this internet forum prank we have. The trope that people in olden times (usually some sort of renaissance/medieval mashup) were stupidly believing Earth had a flat shape has no basis in historical record.
- GoblinSlayer 4y agoThere was a controversy about antipods.