Knowledge is a good thing . . .
« on: November 13, 2017, 08:13:38 AM »
So - I've looked around.  Pythagoras - Aristotle - Eratosthenes - Al-Biruni - Galileo , etc. , etc.  (Rowbotham)  With each is a step.  Small step.  Backward step sometimes.  Big step others.  Many use empirical knowledge.  "That all our knowledge begins with experience there can be no doubt"... - Kant, 1781.  there is also a priori knowledge, which is knowledge based on ideas beyond just the senses and more on mental calculations, summations, conclusions, tribulations, etc.  God, if he/she exists (another question) gave man this ability to think - as Descartes stated "Cogito ergo sum" (I think, therefore I am).  Therefore there are concepts that, empirically, do not exist, yet, of course they do - mathematics, nuclear physics, gravitation, black holes, stem cells, viruses, etc. , etc.  So to all Flat Earth believers, I wonder - I do not question, but I do wonder - why follow the Hebrew Bible or an archaic diatribe from a presumed charlatan (i.e., Rowbotham) when other knowledge about you shows otherwise?  you are all using CPUs that were developed from transistors and microprocessors and in no way could be considered 'empirical' simply because some processes can not be even seen visually.  yet - you base your assertions on a man who performed a flawed experiment over 150yrs ago.  I wish you all well.  But knowledge is discovery oft-times, not just perseverance.