What folks used to think.

[TheHeretic]

It always fascinated me what people used to think, and why they thunked it. So, going through my Zite feed a moment ago, I found this. Absolutely fantastic story ran in newsprint about the giant eyeball of Mars, (based on the canal system).

Anyway, thought it made interesting reading,

http://longstreet.typepad.com/thesciencebookstore/...

Any more strange stories to add?

[TheHeretic]

Derek Smith said:

Implicit in this guffaw at how stupid our ancestors were is that in 200 years time our descendents will be doing the same thing about what we believe today.

This thread wasn't about guffawing at the stupidity of people 200 years ago. It was merely about interesting theories that folks came up with, or had at the time. No-one said we are the pinnacle of thought, and no-one suggested that people back then were stupid.

[TheHeretic]

Derek Smith said:

Far from stupid there is evidence that they were more intelligent than we are at present.

I presume you never actually absorbed what I was saying then?