> One of my favorite ones is that the entire idea that any ancient population ever believed that the Earth is flat seems to come from a semi-fictional biography of Columbus from the 18th century.
See also the religion-science conflict thesis, which was popularized by Draper and White:
> My guests today are David Hutchings and James C. Ungureanu, co-authors of Of Popes and Unicorns: Science, Christianity and How the Conflict Thesis Fooled the World. David is a physicist, science teacher and writer and James is a historian of science and religion. In this interview we discuss their book and the origin and impact of the Conflict Thesis - the pervasive but erroneous idea that religion and science have always been in conflict down the ages.
See also the religion-science conflict thesis, which was popularized by Draper and White:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_thesis
> My guests today are David Hutchings and James C. Ungureanu, co-authors of Of Popes and Unicorns: Science, Christianity and How the Conflict Thesis Fooled the World. David is a physicist, science teacher and writer and James is a historian of science and religion. In this interview we discuss their book and the origin and impact of the Conflict Thesis - the pervasive but erroneous idea that religion and science have always been in conflict down the ages.
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkfA4v8cwYM