A few days ago, I was talking to our friend Brittany about the shape of the earth and the distance of the sun to the earthly disc. She mentioned a number of interesting points that I would like to express in smiley-comic form.
CHAPTER 1: are teachers always right?
-- "I am Brittany, the sun is MILLIONS of miles from the earth!!!"
-- "But I learned this in 3rd grade! If they teach it in school, it MUST be right!"
-- "Mr. Vanderbilt! Where did you learn that the sun is millions of miles from the earth?"
-- "But... but... ok, where did HE learn it from then???"

-- "Mr. Moriarty! Where did you learn that the sun is millions of miles from the earth???"And so our friends continued asking every teacher's 3rd grade teacher....
-- "Wow, so EVERYONE learned this from THEIR third grade teacher!!"
And then it dawned on Brittany...
CHAPTER 1: are teachers always right?

"But Brittany, our Pastor made very clear calculations indicating the sun is only 500 miles from the earth" -- 


"Ah, but friend. That is an appeal to authority fallacy. You must use your own brain. Let us ask your 3rd grade teacher where he learned this from" -- 



"Uh, to be honest, I learned it from my 3rd grade teacher..." -- 


"Come friends, let us ask your teacher's teacher" -- 




"Uh, I learned it from my 3rd grade teacher" -- 








And then it dawned on Brittany...
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