Scott
08-24-2008, 08:43 PM
Global warming? Somewhat controversial. Evolution? Even more so.
Still, there's one well-founded scientific notion that everyone can agree upon: The Earth is round, like a ball.
Right? Well, maybe not. The BBC reports that the Flat Earth Society, thought to have been crippled by the death of its leader in 2001, is still hanging on, somewhat bemusedly.
"People are definitely prejudiced against flat-Earthers," Tennessee-based computer scientist and society member John Davis tells the BBC. "Many use the term 'flat-Earther' as a term of abuse, and with connotations that imply blind faith, ignorance or even anti-intellectualism."
But, Davis and his fellow "anti-globularists" insist, their beliefs are based in scientific fact.
"The Earth is, more or less, a disc," states James McIntyre, a Briton who helps run the Flat Earth Society's Web site. "Obviously it isn't perfectly flat, thanks to geological phenomena like hills and valleys. It is around 24,900 miles in diameter."
Click Here for More. (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,403802,00.html)
Ah, what would we do without crazy people?.... Makes life more interesting.
Still, there's one well-founded scientific notion that everyone can agree upon: The Earth is round, like a ball.
Right? Well, maybe not. The BBC reports that the Flat Earth Society, thought to have been crippled by the death of its leader in 2001, is still hanging on, somewhat bemusedly.
"People are definitely prejudiced against flat-Earthers," Tennessee-based computer scientist and society member John Davis tells the BBC. "Many use the term 'flat-Earther' as a term of abuse, and with connotations that imply blind faith, ignorance or even anti-intellectualism."
But, Davis and his fellow "anti-globularists" insist, their beliefs are based in scientific fact.
"The Earth is, more or less, a disc," states James McIntyre, a Briton who helps run the Flat Earth Society's Web site. "Obviously it isn't perfectly flat, thanks to geological phenomena like hills and valleys. It is around 24,900 miles in diameter."
Click Here for More. (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,403802,00.html)
Ah, what would we do without crazy people?.... Makes life more interesting.