Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Has the “Flat Earth Theory” Found a New Audience?

 The "Flat Earth" theory was disproved long ago, right? It seems to have found a new audience, though.
It’s the last thing that most would ever think they would have to make a case for in the modern world: why the Earth is indeed a globe, and not a flat plane covered with topographical features like mountains and valleys, drifting along like an island in space.

Strange as it may sound, this was precisely the kind of argument I recently found myself having to address, in response to a discussion that took place on an online radio show which apparently brought the so-called “flat earth theory” back into question… at least in the minds of some. Read more

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