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hashi92

02-01-2007 12:27 PM

The Earth is Flat

Who's to blame for this falacy.

RJT	02-01-2007 12:43 PM

Re: The Earth is Flat

Washington Irving, I think.

Silent A

02-01-2007 12:53 PM

Re: The Earth is Flat

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Who's to blame for this falacy.

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Thomas Friedman?

vhawk01

02-02-2007 12:12 PM

Re: The Earth is Flat

Fallacy?

cbh	02-02-2007 12:54 PM

Re: The Earth is Flat

Who?

Quark

02-02-2007 09:03 PM

Re: The Earth is Flat

Blame?

Low Key

02-02-2007 09:19 PM

Re: The Earth is Flat

This?

paperjam

02-02-2007 09:22 PM

Re: The Earth is Flat

For?

yukoncpa

02-02-2007 09:33 PM

Re: The Earth is Flat

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Washington Irving, I think

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This is correct. He wrote a fictionalized account of Colombus, in which everyone, but the hero Colombus, thought the world was flat. Same fellow wrote Sleepy Hollow. I don't think too many people take that one seriously.
Even the Greeks new differently

tomdemaine

02-05-2007 12:30 AM

Re: The Earth is Flat

I think it was Irving Washington.

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