Flat World
For many millenniums, humanity has believed that the World was flat.
Figure 1. Sample of the Flat Earth Maps
From the Figure 1 above, we couldn’t see the continent of
Yes, there were two different sides of major theories about the shape of the World previously – flat vs. sphere – for a very-very long times debate. But nobody can perfectly prove “the World is round” until people could see the clear image of the whole Earth which being captured from the sky above. As they say, “Seeing is believing.”
Figure 2. The World is Round
Today, no one will believe that “the World is (still) flat” anymore; unless they’re stubborn fools or being inaccessible from books, television, news, Internet, etc. Or especially… they’re being inaccessible from this blog :)
Flat Orbit
Previously, when people had figured out about “the orbit”, they had illustrated the orbit as horizontally - flat. Perhaps, “flat” was the simplest and more understandable for their dimension.
At this moment, lets us take a sample about something that has its orbit, such as: an atom.
Figure 3. The old-fashioned illustration of atom
Nowadays, sophistication is more reliable than just simplification.
Figure 4. The modern illustration of atom
And mostly, sophistication was born from afflictions…
That’s why we publish this “science-afflictions”, and expect you to share your brilliant thoughts with us – share your thoughts to the universe.