Jack comments on Rationality quotes: March 2010 - Less Wrong
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Right, I just didn't want to start listing cultures since I'm not sure who had this down and who didn't. Actually, I'd be surprised to learn of any seafaring cultures that hadn't figured this out. There is also the question of how much this information and trickled down to the non-educated person. In seems plausible some landlocked and illiterate European peasants might have believed the Earth to be flat.