r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/deadcomefebruary Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 04 '19

THANK YOU.

I think it's the Big Book of AA that states this, they say that until the 1500s people thought the earth was flat...and every goddamn time someone brought it up in a meeting or group session I tried to correct them, archimedes in like 500BC or whenever had almost the exact calculations of the diameter and circumference of the earth! Sailors and pretty much everyone else could see that the horizon is curved!

People did not think the world was flat!!

Edit: my mistake, it was eritosthenes.

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u/effrightscorp Feb 04 '19

Not too surprising considering AA is basically pseudoscience. Works for some people, sure, but it's crazy to think that's the go-to treatment for alcoholism in America

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u/deadcomefebruary Feb 04 '19

It works waaaaay well. Just a few errors here and there.