Try being honest. If you were born and bred in that time, do you think you would be the type of person that would believe the earth was round, or would you stick with popular opinion?
2006-08-21 16:51:52 · 11 answers · asked by ByeBuyamericanPi 4 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Probably. I consider myself intellectual and enlightened, and believe in a lot of ideas that are not generally accepted, but which, if you know enough, and think about them, make sense.
2006-08-21 16:58:32 · answer #1 · answered by Master Maverick 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd would believe him, after he pointed out that when watching a boat sail way on the horizion, the mast top is the last part that you see go out of sight, thus proving the Earth is round. He also knew about the wind patterns, certain latitudes the winds blow from west to east, and other latitudes blow east to west, a pretty sharp and "Ballsy" sailor that Chris was (hey, 2 out of three ships lost ain't so bad for back then, most boats never came back at all)
2006-08-21 23:55:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Despite current popular belief, that whole 'earth is flat' thing was not the popular belief back then, especially amongst the educated and amongst sailors. They were well aware that the earth was round, but they didn't know much about the Oceans.
Sailors could tell from the way land, masts, and other things disappeared and appeared over horizons that they were dealing with a curved planet.
2006-08-22 00:03:25 · answer #3 · answered by iandanielx 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I would have been the first to sail off the ege of the earth.
2006-08-21 23:56:29 · answer #4 · answered by Stranger in a Strangeland 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Post this in Religion and Spirituality. Most of them still don't believe him.
2006-08-21 23:58:22 · answer #5 · answered by mlamb56 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would embrace his idea, for i know for sure how fed up and bored with popular thinking i would be while alive in his timeline, just as i am and always have been in this lifetime... ;)
2006-08-21 23:55:27 · answer #6 · answered by neutrogyn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have been the one to sail off before him.
2006-08-21 23:57:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i would listen to both sides arguement and then decide what to believe.
2006-08-21 23:56:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have believed him.
2006-08-22 00:08:45 · answer #9 · answered by SunFun 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes he would have been the best voyager...........
I thoght I ching was the first to sail
2006-08-21 23:58:12 · answer #10 · answered by riccicolburnt 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋