In discussing whether the universe is flat, Eugenie Samuel Reich compares this premise to the myth that once upon a time, we believed the Earth was flat (16 May, p 15).rnHowever, if the BBC's QI programme is correct, and its entire stall is set out on reporting the truth, there is no evidence whatever that people ever believed the world was flat.
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机译：在讨论宇宙是否平坦时，欧金妮·塞缪尔·赖希（Eugenie Samuel Reich）将这个前提与一个神话相提并论，曾几何时，我们认为地球是平坦的（5月16日，第15页）。然而，如果BBC的QI计划正确，那么整个失速是为了报道事实，没有证据表明人们曾经相信世界是平坦的。
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