socrates and flatearthers

I believe that Eratosthenes, the third Librarian of Alexandria, lived from 276 to 194 B.C.

He knew good and well that the world was roughly spherical, and he calculated the circumference of the Earth with reasonable accuracy.

Humans have known that the world was not flat for a long, long time. Columbus certainly knew it -- he just misunderstood (underestimated) how big the Earth was, due to a simple error.

When Columbus sailed for "India" nobody who wasn't ignorant feared that he would fall off the edge of the Earth.

@Noflaps said in #17:
> There are a lot of boxes we should think outside of.

That boxes are inside of bigger box

@jammin3000 said in #1:
> probably socrates was flatearther himself but what would he say about them if he lived now?
Ancient Greeks knew the Earth is round.
@jammin3000 said in #4:
> my point is that smart people are full of doubts while stupid people are full of confidence. So maybe some of flatearthers are really smart
I have heard my fair share of stupid arguments, but this may be the stupidest to date. Being a flat Earther is the opposite of being full of doubt. It's being convinced of a totally made up theory, that's extremely easy to disprove, but being so doubtless the flat earth theory is true that you discard any disproof of it.

Healthy skepticism does imply questioning the doxa, but that is not the same as believing some random shit just because it contradicts the doxa.

@robustus-robusta when i say "some of them" i mean this: lichess.org/forum/off-topic-discussion/do-flatearthers-think-outside-the-box#1

They were antique collectors, more or less.

Flat Earth Society were interested in the time period and implements thereof pertaining to all things regarding the foolishious belief and matters pertaining thereto.

When conspiracy theorists happened upon and stumbled into the group they simply didn't mind.

It's all gotten out of hand, little bunny foo foo'.

I kinda think Socrates would probably employ the Socratic method and ask

" What ? Are you guys nuts"?

@Dukedog said in #26:
> I kinda think Socrates would probably employ the Socratic method and ask
>
> " What ? Are you guys nuts"?

And then he'd do summum superstupid and go:
Yeah! Thissishowitzers dun, uze maranguez!

Flat Earth Society was originally a club composed of members shared an interest in the period, places, people, and memorabilia of historical false belief in a flat Earth.

They were infiltrated by conspiracy theorists but were not bothered by this but amused. They did not attempt to 'reason' with absurdity.

I think this has been lost to a whole lot of ridiculous vain debates and high horsey'd poppycockery.