“Some forty years ago, in the town of Durban, a member of the Flat Earth Society challenged the world to public debate. The challenge was taken up by a sea captain whose only argument in favour of the world’s being round was that he had been round it. This argument, of course, was easily disposed of, and the Flat Earth propagandist obtained a two-thirds majority. The voice of the people having thus been declared, the true democrat must conclude that in Durban the earth is flat.
Collective wisdom alas, is no adequate substitute for the intelligence of individuals."
— Bertrand Russell