> > ............... based on the well known fact that the earth is
> > a flat disk. After all billions of people thought that for thousands of
> > years, all over this planet, no ?
>
> No. Or at least, not essentially so.
> The knowledge that the earth was a sphere and the proof of it and the
> measurement of the size was made well before Christ's time. And the
> measurement was reasonably accurate. Refusal to apply available knowledge
> for reasons of special interest was, as it often is now, a major part of
the
> problem.

I've never heard of this before.  I am intrigued.  Could you elaborate on
when, where, etc., this knowledge first came to be please?

--Brendan

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