Science didn ' t point to the earth being flat at that time , actually . Scientists and philosophers before them believed that the earth was round going back to the times of ancient Greece , based on some fairly simple experiments , and we have records of how people went about determining and discussing this over time . For some reason , though , the narrative of this being otherwise has pervaded our culture , mostly it seems as a result of the glorification of the story of Columbus discovering the new world to mythical proportions . This story , and many others which aren ' t accurate representations of the past , serve to undermine the consistency of much of scientific endeavor throughout time . <| sep |> I mean Korea Lol