If we once again discovered that the earth is round, how do you think would people react? ?

Question

(By discovering the earth is round i simply mean discovering something that undermines the very core to the logic of our perception, making it necessary to question the very fundamentals of our understanding, of our interpretation of events, to have to rebuild the foundations upon which all other thought is founded. information that, like when we discovered the earth was round, the political establishment wanted supressed because of its challenge to their power/authority.

would most people be too lazy to think and rethink, avoiding thoughts that challenge the stability of their understanding, fearful of change? might they tell him that the earth is flat and it's time he put on a tin foil hat? or are we a more progressive society today?

Answer 1

you mean like global waarming? like capitalism is causing over-population and over-consumption? you mean like the big bang? relativity?

some will deny it forever. if there is a way to profit from it people will accept it and chase that profit. like figuring out the earth is round did.

if not the scientists will know, some will trust that, some will check for themselves, some will deny, try to prove the opposite.

the problem with over-consumption is that realising that, means we must consume less. and that is exactly the opposite of profitable.

so nobody is going to advertise we should consume less. they'll try to sell us more stuff that looks like less consumption, but always they will try to sell us stuff. never will they tell us we should consume less.

and so one day we will be forced to against our will, when there is less left to consume, or when a natural disaster great enough occurs.

Answer 2

they will lough it,

they will hate it

then they make it TV show  

Answer 3

I think it would go similar to how it went the first time we discovered the world was round.  People who were very wise and open-minded would embrace the new truth right away.  If it violated any religion's basic truths, they would call devil and campaign against the idea.  Eventually it would come to be accepted, and people would think the previous truth was a quaint fairy tale.

Answer 4

maybe they'll smile....if you can find the earth is round it means that you're lucky enough because there's unity and harmonious relationship to each other...and that is my simple answer...

Answer 5

You mean like saying, Communists were actually right and democracy sucks!   That would make a lot people turn heads.