http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: Myth of the Flat Earth en Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:53:19 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/myth-of-the-flat-earth#post-64137 Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:40:49 +0000 LH 64137@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Oma, yes, that one seems to have a problem with "gas" :) </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/myth-of-the-flat-earth#post-63669 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:01:08 +0000 techgranny 63669@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Very interesting LH</p> <p><img src="http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll209/granny064/396231QvXU_w.jpg"> </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/myth-of-the-flat-earth#post-63618 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:27:08 +0000 LH 63618@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>The origin of the flat earth is ancient. Not being funny here, but check out the history of the turtle and the elephants. Start with Hindu. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/myth-of-the-flat-earth#post-63481 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:07:21 +0000 Justin 63481@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I just listed the Middle Ages as an example of a time period I thought some people believed the people in that time period thought the earth was flat (I may be wrong though, I didn't double check to make sure the Middle Ages was listed) as I don't remember the time period I had heard of.<br /> Sorry, I didn't make that more clear. I should have picked a different time period, I just didn't think to hard about it when I wrote that.</p> <p>All I remember now about what I had heard was that a while ago people thought the earth was flat and somebody with a ship sailed around the world to prove it was not flat. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/myth-of-the-flat-earth#post-63477 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:56:47 +0000 techgranny 63477@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I was taught in grade school, eons ago, that people used to think the earth was flat. I learned differently when I was older. I've never heard the kids mention anything about people in the Middle Ages believing the earth is flat. Now I'm curious. I will ask them if they're being taught that in school and get back to you. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/myth-of-the-flat-earth#post-63466 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:57:18 +0000 Justin 63466@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I just found the following pages while surfing that say the Earth was not viewed as flat in the Middle Ages and beyond:<br /> <a href="http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2008/10/christopher_columbus_was_wrong.html" rel="nofollow">http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2008/10/christopher_columbus_was_wrong.html</a><br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth</a></p> <p>This is a bit of a shock to me as I've always heard and believed the idea that a few centuries ago people thought the Earth was flat.<br /> I was wondering which of the two ideas (People did think there was a flat Earth or They did not) people on this forum had heard before. </p>