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I like Friedman, but enjoyed this article nonetheless. However, I had to stop reading when I got to the Columbus discovered America part.
by cglee 19y ago
I like Friedman, but enjoyed this article nonetheless. However, I had to stop reading when I got to the Columbus discovered America part.
- falsestprophet 19y agoFools! Single celled organisms colonized America four billion years ago.
- asdflkj 19y agocglee probably meant to say "Columbus discovered that the world is round part", which is what the article says, essentially. Matt Taibbi is a smart guy, and he probably didn't mean to say that, but considering how arrogant his tone is, it's still rather embarrassing.
- euccastro 19y agoHe repeats the misconception and goes on to build an argument on it. I can't see how he could not mean it. But then again, later he argues that the 'earth is flat' argument reverses "2000 years of human thought." (?) Hilarious critique anyway.