Quotes that are either pertinent or funny. Or both.
When people thought the Earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the Earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the Earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the Earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together.
Highlighting that scientific models get increasingly precise over time.
The church says the earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence even in a shadow than in the church.
Hitchens’s razor.
What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence
Dilbert: You joined the “Flat Earth Society?”
Dogbert: I believe the earth must be flat. There is no good evidence to support the so-called “round earth theory.”
Dilbert: I think Christopher Columbus would disagree.
Dogbert: How convenient that your best witness is dead.
Scott Adams, cartoonist and author, 1957 – 2026.
What is a scientist? Just someone who thinks about stuff, then chooses to back up their thoughts with evidence and facts. Only difference between me and a scientist? I don’t feel the need. I’m not so insecure I need to back up what I say; I just say it. Naaah!
Sean Lock, comedian, 1963 – 2021.
