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CraftyCelt · Post by **CraftyCelt** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:18 pm

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
- Carl Sagan

SP4WN · Post by **SP4WN** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:33 pm

Me? /ninja.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":ninja:" border="0" alt="ninja.gif" />

factoid · Post by **factoid** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:56 pm

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revirdraw · Post by **revirdraw** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:58 pm

I see someone else receives the quote of the day.

Icky · Post by **Icky** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:24 pm

CraftyCelt wrote:QUOTE (CraftyCelt @ Jan 11 2008, 12:18 PM) But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
- Carl Sagan

Its actually a myth that people believed the world was flat in Columbus' time. He met resistance because it was commonly believed that the earth was larger than he predicted (thinking he would reach Asia, instead of the unknown continent of North America) which turned out to be correct. So, they were right to laugh at him!

SP4WN · Post by **SP4WN** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:31 pm

Gah I cant believe no one replied with "Bog" or "MW" yet.....

Whats the world coming too /ninja.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":ninja:" border="0" alt="ninja.gif" />

takingarms1 · Post by **takingarms1** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:40 pm

Icky wrote:QUOTE (Icky @ Jan 11 2008, 02:24 PM) Its actually a myth that people believed the world was flat in Columbus' time. He met resistance because it was commonly believed that the earth was larger than he predicted (thinking he would reach Asia, instead of the unknown continent of North America) which turned out to be correct. So, they were right to laugh at him!

Pfft, that Columbus was such a jackass.

Lykourgos · Post by **Lykourgos** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:00 pm

nobody said that people thought the world was flat

they said that they laughed at columbus

which is true, because they also knew the diameter of the world and knew that columbus had 0 chance of getting to india before his food and water ran out. they laughed at columbus because he was being a $#@!ing idiot. he just happened to get lucky.

Death3D · Post by **Death3D** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:09 pm

Interesting. Very interesting.

I'm guessing they calculated it by seeing how much farther they could see when perched atop something high on some plain?

KofiMan · Post by **KofiMan** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:31 pm

Actually, all you need is a stick, the ground, and a few rocks.