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First of all, it was a myth that people in the middle ages believed in the flat earth theory. Europeans had long believed that the earth was round, since ancient Greek times, and kept the tradition alive because Europe had extensive coastal lines, and anyone seeing a boat arriving from the horizon would observe the earth's curvature first-hand: with mast showing first before the rest of the ship. Europeans in the middle ages also calculated the earth's diameter quite accurately. Columbus was wrong in his calculations but he was lucky to stumble upon land instead of dying of thirst and hunger before reaching India like most of his contemporaries expected.
What people in the middle ages did believe in, and their forefathers for thousands of years, was in fact another version of the "suppose you are wrong": suppose God does exist, and he does get mad at your neighbor's non-believing, and your failure to stop him. Many people in today's world still believe in that supposition, and lynch their neighbors, thankfully they are a minority in this country. As for legacy for future generations, what do we think of the medieval burning of heretics, including early modern scientists like Giodano Bruno?
There is absolutely nothing preventing you from spending your personal resources researching how to prevent man-made global warming . . . or how to prevent sky from falling. Suppose the sky does fall some day, can you really afford to leave behind the legacy that the sky falls on your grand children and you did nothing to prevent that? LOL. As for my resources, I'd be more interesting in investigating how to keep warm in the coming freeze instead. My children and grand children will be quite grateful for that.
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