Concensus on Flat Earth Theory

Some skeptics will say: "The scientific consensus was wrong about flat earth and sun revolving around the planet, so how can we trust them now?" The problem with this argument is that the modern scientific method began with the methods put forth by Karl Popper in the 1930's. Before that period of time, peer review and empirical falsifiability simply weren't widespread. There was no standardized way to separate the tabloids from the real science. To give you an idea how new peer review is, even more here http://logicalscience.com/2012/02/concensus-on-flat-earth-theory/

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