Should we also teach kids the alternative theory that the world is flat?

[the_bob_delusion]

Believe it or not, there's a group called the "flat Eath Society" with actual scientist in it. 

The debate is still going on to this day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wppjYDj9JUc

Should we teach kids this in school so they know what the alternative theory is?

[iapetus_rocks]

Why would anyone want to do that? The world is demonstrably round an oblate spheroid.

No further theories need apply. 😉

[i-need-a-martini]

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@the_bob_delusion wrote:

Believe it or not, there's a group called the "flat Eath Society" with actual scientist in it. 

The debate is still going on to this day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wppjYDj9JUc

Should we teach kids this in school so they know what the alternative theory is?

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Sure why not.

We should also teach kids alternate theories in history. Like President Kennedy was killed by the CIA and that the holocaust never happened.

Then we can also revisit theories such as white men being superior to black men. Maybe we can look for evidence that Elvis is still alive in social studies.

(Actually the latter I know is true because I saw him over and over again walking around Parkes recently.)

[iapetus_rocks]

(pssst. Martini the word is alternative. Please do try to do your bit in our fight against US cultural imperialism.)  🙂

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@iapetus_rocks wrote:

(pssst. Martini the word is alternative. Please do try to do your bit in our fight against US cultural imperialism.)  🙂

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Unless we are teaching  them competing  theories week and week about.

[iapetus_rocks]

Are you proposing that competing theories be taught on alternate weeks or that alternatively, such theories should be taught  weekly on an alternating basis?

[myoclon1cjerk]

We should definitely be teaching Anne Elk's theory on the brontosaurus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAYDiPizDIs&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@iapetus_rocks wrote:

Are you proposing that competing theories be taught on alternate weeks or that alternatively, such theories should be taught  weekly on an alternating basis?

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[iapetus_rocks]

How did we get around to discussing numberplates?

[softail-joanie]

Should we teach kids this in school so they know what the alternative theory is?

if they seen "angry video game nerd" the movie, they already know.