Did anyone ever believe that the world is flat?
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Yes people actually believed that.
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This is an interesting idea, and yes it is plausible.  Unfortunately, there is no way for us to surmise whether or not it is true, so this is something that can never make the status of a scientific theory.  \n\n(Misconception: most people think a theory is just an idea, but a true scientific theory must stand up to experimental scrutiny in order for it to make the status of a theory.  Since this concept is impossible to test or verify, it can never be a theory, and must stay in the realm of ideas and friendly debates.)\n\nHere is another cool thing to consider:\nThe Universe cannot be infinite, because it is expanding, which points to its origin where everything began at the same point, namely the singularity of the Big Bang. Therefore, if it is expanding, it is bounded.\n\nHowever, it is thought that it probably doesn't have an edge, much like the Earth doesn't have an edge. If you started in a spaceship and went in a straight line, you would eventually end up where you started, much like if you started at the North Pole and went in a straight line, you would end up back the North Pole.\n\nThe reason: although you would be going in a straight line on the 2-D surface of the Earth, that line is curved in the 3rd dimension. So, if spacetime is curved in the 4th dimension, you could be going in a straight line 3 dimensionally, but it would be curved 4th dimensionally.\n\nHowever, one could look at it this way instead: The Universe does have a definite edge, but as ou approach that edege, you and everything else shrinks, which means you could never make it to the edge.  You wouldn't be aware of the shrinkage because even the measuring devices would be shrunk, so you would think you were going endlessly in a straight line, when in reality, you were approaching an actual finite edge, but never making it.  Again, it can never be tested, so just a thought ;0)
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The Church insisted that the World is FLAT too, and that the Sun plus other planets revolve around it : And publicly humiliated and excommunicated Galileo for questioning their false premise !\n...Any and every organised religious order is basically a bunch of self-opinionated opportunists and politicians - masquerading as pious folk, to con all those who believe in their empty words !
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No.  But we see only the side that faces earth.\n\nHere's a good diagram that explains it better than I can...\n\n\nhttp://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/uts/moon2.html
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you are stupid. would a computer say that. yes, the earth is round.
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Yes i do. The Moon Landing. I dont think it happened.
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Do you believe wind is real?
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not without knowing it is right to a reasonable degree. For instance if this were 1400 and you asked if the world was flat i would say of course but we now know that it is round. Science is constantly changing thier answers to a lot of questions due to the fact that new research is proving them incorrect.
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Ha, good one!  The ancients belived that the sky was a solid dome (firmament), and the stars, planets, and sun were all attached to it and spun around on rails, or glass spheres.  This was, of course, proved wrong long ago by Copernicus and Galileo, the dawn of the space age only confirmed that their theories were true.
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Google astro physics. You will more than likely be a little flattened as it is not known exactly how big the universe is. In fact there are schools of thought that believe the universe may be donut shaped. Interesting. Is it not?! Others believe that it may be flat. I am happy to see that you have the insight to ask however, too bad the info has not yet been concluded. Also check out Sky and telescope magazine.Great astronomy! Stay curious, you may be the one who discovers the answer. Good luck!
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The only thing that I believe concerning the origin of our world (universe) is that I don't know because I wasn't there.  And frankly, I haven't found that it makes a difference in the life that I live.  \n\nI will say that the scientific approach is more convincing to me than the bed-time story I was told as a child.
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This answer was the most funny:\n\n"The whole Bible is the truth. Science is not always right you know. Ancient scientist once believed that the earth was flat! I think we have come a long way! :) "\n\nSo according to her, progress is going back to stone age thinking.\n\nSkygod make world in 7 day. Me made of dirt. You made of me rib. Whoowhooo. Me want banana.
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No. have you ever visited the real world?
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It's not a theory anymore.... it's a part of folklore and fairy tales and science-fiction fantasies. There were a few brief periods where hollow-earthers advanced their far-fetched ideas - all of them are now debunked.
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yes, it does exist! we should believe that it exist! because if we stop believing it'll not only die out of our world but also from our hearts!!!stop trouble U!
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no. Have u heard of the big bang theory. If u have not scientist think that the earth was a giant ball of energy in the beggining the when the ball could not hold any more energy it exploded creating the universe and the earth, planet, stars and maybe even people, also creating water making oceans. But remember it is just a theory and they are many other scientific theorys out there about how the earth was created. To find more theories or if u dnt understand do what my source says
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The Flat Earth Society believes it's flat and the Square Earth Society believes it's square.\nhttp://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/flaterth.html\nhttp://home.netcom.com/~rogermw/square_earth.html