Any mention of flat-Earthers brings out the insults – and historical blunders An article on this site yesterday on modern “flat-Earthers” gained plenty of interest. Most of the comments joined in with general hilarity approximately the gob-smacking stupidity of other people. The existence of (several) flat-soil societies is certainly fascinating,but I was also slightly gobsmacked by the comparison drawn between those who today believe the soil is flat and “Galileo’s 17th century critics”.
I mean, really? Are there really people out there who believe that Galileo showed that the soil was round and that his critics denounced this view, or “outraged by his heresy”? particularly people who like to laugh at others for getting their facts wrong. Are they silly or something?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com