The Biggest Hoax in History
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Why you think Medieval People were stupid.
Sources;
Jeffrey Barton Russel - Inventing the Flat Earth. Columbus and Modern Historians (1991).
Christine Garwood - Flat Earth the History of an Infamous Idea (2008).
David Hutchings - Of Popes and Unicorns. Science, Christianity, and How the Conflict Thesis Fooled the World (2021).
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Considering that most of the Earth is water and only a small percentage of that water is fizzy, in a way the Earth is flat.
On the theme of medieval people not being stupid, I’ve really enjoyed Tod’s Workshop’s videos where he recreates and tests arms and armor from the past. He gives a lot of credit to them, their ingenuity, and how clever they were in their own time.
As a Christian and student of history, this idea has always annoyed me. I’ve tried to explain to people that what they were saying was stupid. Who do you think made all the scientific discoveries in Europe then? Anyways, I appreciate your well-explained condensation of the issue. I will say too that the idea that the Christian creation story was intended to be taken literally is a fairly recent idea, at least compared to when it was written. The ancient Hebrews certainly didn’t take it that way, they didn’t do story like us. The point of that story is not to tell the literal creation of the Earth but to explain humans’ relationship to God and their purpose for being here. It is a direct challenge to the other religions that existed in that region, places like Babylon. It says humanity is made in God’s image whereas they say humanity is a slave class for the gods. In any case, even the later conflicts between science and Christianity were caused by those who did not understand the text they were reading. It is perfectly viable to believe in God and evolution. I know you mentioned this with the Catholics accepting evolution at the end but I thought it was necessary anyways.
C.S. Lewis described our tendency to think the ancients were stupid as "chronological snobbery." He was right on the money.
History being misrepresented for some ideological or political purpose is a phenomenon that's been around for a while (even now). This is a pretty decent example of the potential lasting effects it has even after contemporary politics and ideology have moved on to other subjects.
I'm no fan of Alex Jones, but everything he said in that clip was true. Your vilification of him there was doing the very thing this video is criticizing. lol. Oh well, a little irony never hurt anyone.
it always infuriates me when people talk about to stupidty of people in history we are not smarter, we only have more knowledge
As a Christian who appreciates history being preserved, I absolutely loved your take on this!
sometimes a conspiracy theory is really enterntaining, i would like to recomend a show from terra called "inside job" its really worth to watch ( sorry for bad english i am from mars )
Where are this man's views?? This channel is so underrated, keep up the hard work!
Jochem, you said you aren't a religious person... Well, I'm a religious person and a historian. And I must say I could not be more excited than I already am with this video. Even though I would change a thing or two (please forgive this historian's caprice!), it's definitely a gem. Also, I must note how impressive it is that historiography has changed to debunk the Conflict Thesis and it's still grappling with many people and mainstream media (maybe because we all love to see a fight, don't we?)
I really enjoyed Jim Al-Khalili's series on Science and Islam in the medieval period when it first came out. I think one of his examples was an early Islamic mathematician called al-Biruni, who calculated the circumference of the earth and got an answer very close to modern estimates.
Georges Lemaitre was one of the people who came up with the “big bang”, which he called the primeval atom.
As someone who ends up being an Dark Ages apologist. I will be sharing your video constantly
We're not smarter than medieval people, but we have more giants whose shoulders we can stand on, including medieval ones.
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It always seems to go back to the Victorians with historical misinformation! This was a terrific lesson as well as showcase of how history is always repeating itself.
Neil degrase Tyson's brain just short circuited
Great video! Very glad to see you tackling these major historical misconceptions! Important stuff
Absolutely fantastic video, as a history student from the Netherlands I really love your videos, hope you enjoy making them as much as I enjoy watching them ☺