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0 pointscoldtea8y ago0 comments

Perhaps you didn't read the parent's link?

It too is about the "the myth that medieval Europeans believed the Earth is flat" and not about "the misconception that the Earth is flat".

It's just that it's called the "flat Earth myth" (instead of "flat Earth belief in the middle ages myth").

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PaulRobinson8y ago· 1 in thread

TPA is a Wikipedia explanation about why Wikipedia can not argue the earth is not flat.

The linked article I was replying about was done so in the context that the Earth is flat is a 19th century myth. I was explaining the article they were linking to was not related to the same subject.

coldteaOP8y ago

The parent didn't say his link was about the same subject (to the original article).

They just added the information that the belief that the middle ages believed the earth is flat is recent-ish.

His "Tl;dr" was meant to be for the link he provided, not the original article.

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