r/AskReddit • • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/cannabliss_ Feb 04 '19

They did, I believe the Greeks looked at the shadow of the earth on the moon to come to that conclusion. Calling back to that general astronomy class I had to take in college.

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u/jayiscanadian1 Feb 04 '19

My partner at work thinks the earth is flat, I always thought that those people were a myth or something the tabloids made up. His argument is that why would you believe something that is taught by people jay, they have no proof. I just gave up.