According to Stephen Jay Gould, "there never was a period of 'flat Earth darkness' among scholars (regardless of how the public at large may have conceptualized our planet both then and now).
Conform lui Stephen Jay Gould, „nu a existat nicio perioadă de întuneric al Pământului plat printre învățați (indiferent de cum marile mase or fi gândit planeta atunci sau acum).