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Google “the Galileo Affair”.

• zardo 2y ago
  I meant specifically that the Earth is roughly ball shaped.
• ithkuil 2y ago
  I suggest you read about it again. It was about geo-centric vs helio-centric models. It was not about flat vs globe. The geo-centric model assumed the earth was spherical but it didn't rotate or otherwise move.
  • atmosx 2y ago
    True, I didn't follow the thread closely, my bad.