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<p>[QUOTE="lehmansterms, post: 3361169, member: 80804"]I'm pretty certain our prehistoric ancestors were perfectly capable of seeing that the moon was a sphere and realizing by association, so must the Earth be. Be that as it may - things that folks believed in prehistory being famously difficult to prove - the Earth has been known by the educated to be a sphere continuously, at least as long as there has been writing by which that knowledge has been preserved. </p><p>Similarly, there has always been a certain percentage of morons who either never got the message (illiteracy being more common in some earlier days, although we've been giving those times a real run for their money recently) or for whatever delusional reasons have convinced themselves the earth is flat (read some of their "proofs" sometime if you want a real good laugh). With all the other higher-level weirdness and stupidity abroad in the land, I guess it's harmless enough of a belief to be held those not in any position to make any decisions affecting others' lives based on their "beliefs". eg: one would hope no flat-earthers have managed to become air traffic controllers, etc, although I suspect some of the TSA agents in the airports may not have gotten the news just yet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lehmansterms, post: 3361169, member: 80804"]I'm pretty certain our prehistoric ancestors were perfectly capable of seeing that the moon was a sphere and realizing by association, so must the Earth be. Be that as it may - things that folks believed in prehistory being famously difficult to prove - the Earth has been known by the educated to be a sphere continuously, at least as long as there has been writing by which that knowledge has been preserved. Similarly, there has always been a certain percentage of morons who either never got the message (illiteracy being more common in some earlier days, although we've been giving those times a real run for their money recently) or for whatever delusional reasons have convinced themselves the earth is flat (read some of their "proofs" sometime if you want a real good laugh). With all the other higher-level weirdness and stupidity abroad in the land, I guess it's harmless enough of a belief to be held those not in any position to make any decisions affecting others' lives based on their "beliefs". eg: one would hope no flat-earthers have managed to become air traffic controllers, etc, although I suspect some of the TSA agents in the airports may not have gotten the news just yet.[/QUOTE]
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