The Earth is Flat

hashi92 · #1 02-01-2007, 12:27 PM

Who's to blame for this falacy.

RJT · #2 02-01-2007, 12:43 PM

Washington Irving, I think.

Silent A · #3 02-01-2007, 12:53 PM

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Who's to blame for this falacy.

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Thomas Friedman?

vhawk01 · #4 02-02-2007, 12:12 PM

Fallacy?

cbh · #5 02-02-2007, 12:54 PM

Who?

Quark · #6 02-02-2007, 09:03 PM

Blame?

Low Key · #7 02-02-2007, 09:19 PM

This?

paperjam · #8 02-02-2007, 09:22 PM

For?

yukoncpa · #9 02-02-2007, 09:33 PM

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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 · #10 02-05-2007, 12:30 AM

I think it was Irving Washington.