Disc Earth
What was the 19th century equivalent of Intelligent Design? Pretty much the same thing, but with the added bonus of not just an Earth-centric universe, but a Flat Earth-centric universe! Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Disc Earth:
Really.
I guess that, like today's believers in a 6,000-year-old Earth where everything was created, as it now is, by their version of God, they are incapable of understanding science and just refuse to admit that.
C'mon folks, it's not that difficult. Once upon a time I used to be a top-flight programmer, now I can't code my way out of a paper bag. I'm now unable to grasp the finer points of the mechanics behind how the Internet works. I have absolutely no clue about how a lot of stuff works. There should be no shame in admitting you just aren't able to understand something.
The same applies to everyone who does understand science. Stop looking down on people who can't get it and accept that some people never will. That doesn't make them any less worthwhile as people. They can probably understand or do things you can't and never will be able to.
Antique space maps via bOINGbOING and Atlas Obscura.
(Click on it to see it at full size on Wikipedia Commons. You need to see it at full size to truly appreciate the the full-on, gonzo, Bible-based pseudoscience.)
Really.
I guess that, like today's believers in a 6,000-year-old Earth where everything was created, as it now is, by their version of God, they are incapable of understanding science and just refuse to admit that.
C'mon folks, it's not that difficult. Once upon a time I used to be a top-flight programmer, now I can't code my way out of a paper bag. I'm now unable to grasp the finer points of the mechanics behind how the Internet works. I have absolutely no clue about how a lot of stuff works. There should be no shame in admitting you just aren't able to understand something.
The same applies to everyone who does understand science. Stop looking down on people who can't get it and accept that some people never will. That doesn't make them any less worthwhile as people. They can probably understand or do things you can't and never will be able to.
Antique space maps via bOINGbOING and Atlas Obscura.
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