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Old 09-22-2007, 09:40 PM
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Default Re: is the world flat? ...seriously is it?

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Here's the clip on Youtube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=9ACobXN7_p8

It's pretty nuts that she doesn't know, but she brings up a good point. Knowing whether the world is flat or round is a useless fact and unnecessary in everyday life.

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There are lots of facts that are not needed in everyday life that are still widely known. The lack of practical use isn't an excuse for not knowing something any idiot would know.

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Why not? Seems reasonable to me. Even though it's unusual not to know this, it really isn't useful except for impressing people like like you. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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When it comes to people telling me that they believe the Earth is not flat, I'm wholly unimpressed.
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