(May 31, 2011 at 6:51 am)Gawdzilla Wrote: The rest is simple.
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In times gone by, it was thought that the earth must be flat based upon empirical evidence. Christopher Columbus, when he set out on his historic voyage, was trying to find the edge of the world by sailing west. I suppose if you had been born a few hundred years ago, you would have 'come off the fence' and joined the rest of the orthodox flat earth certainties of the day.
But hey! we know so much more nowdays don't we, no such mistakes could possibly be made!!!