12-29-2014, 06:14 AM
People believed that Earth is flat because for them it was. They were walking in only two dimensions (up-down is neglectable) and something of two dimensions is, well, flat. Only after time observations of astronomy and sea navigation proved that Earth is indeed 3-dimensional and not flat but spherical, something finally proved to be true by Magellan's crew. Important fact is this though - this revelation changed nothing for lives of normal people, including us. And I don't mean technology or something like that, of course it matters. I mean understanding. Does it matter if you lived on a flat plane or a sphere so giant it appears to be flat? Of course not, life goes on anyway. Color of sky is important, temperature of the air or many other parameters that affect you directly. But not if Earth is round or not.
Understand this - those dark ages people were not in wrong saying Earth is flat. Evidence they had suggested them so. And I can assure you, those people were no dumber than you are. Only with time and discoveries bigger picture arose and believes changed. You cannot disregard others' "truth" because without others you will never come to the right conclusions. Don't be bound by others, sure, but don't disregard believes just because. Earth is flat indeed, if you say otherwise prove it to me. And no, without satellite images. With method of your own doing, one you might have devised without others' faulty truth.
Understand this - those dark ages people were not in wrong saying Earth is flat. Evidence they had suggested them so. And I can assure you, those people were no dumber than you are. Only with time and discoveries bigger picture arose and believes changed. You cannot disregard others' "truth" because without others you will never come to the right conclusions. Don't be bound by others, sure, but don't disregard believes just because. Earth is flat indeed, if you say otherwise prove it to me. And no, without satellite images. With method of your own doing, one you might have devised without others' faulty truth.
For not by numbers of men, nor by measure of body, but by valor of soul is war to be decided.
~Belisarius, the last Roman
Certitude is for the puzzle-box logicians and girls of white glamour [...]. I am a letter written in uncertainty.
~36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 4
~Belisarius, the last Roman
Certitude is for the puzzle-box logicians and girls of white glamour [...]. I am a letter written in uncertainty.
~36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 4