When most people thought that the earth was flat, it was more likely that it was. It actually wasn't, but it was more likely that it was at the time. Any caveman who thought the earth was round wasn't thinking rationally. The fact that he was later proven right is nothing more than a fluke...
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The beginning of the post doesn't even make sense - the world either is, or is not, flat. It does not have some quantum uncertainty that makes it indeterminate until we peek at it.
He has a valid point even if his argument is clumsy: a caveman's world view was too small to know that the Earth is round; from his view point it's flat. Therefore, if he had the audacity to think differently, that the world might actually be round, he would be consider irrational by others around him whose world views are just as small.
Of course, he then discredits himself by his last statement of fail. It wasn't a fluke; it was inevitable.
“When most people thought that the earth was flat, it was more likely that it was.”
“It actually wasn't, but it was more likely that it was at the time.”
“ Any caveman who thought the earth was round wasn't thinking rationally.”
“The fact that he was later proven right is nothing more than a fluke...”
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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