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RE: Flat Earthers vs. Engineering
So I take it you're an engineer huh?
;-)
I would just like to add a point - the Flat Earth stuff is a theory not a science.
What you described as science in ancient Greece was more akin to philosophy (and indeed was called philosophy) than the modern view of science and scientific theory.
They didn't know stuff, so they came up with concepts and ideas and discussed them. We still do this today, and in 2000 years the things that we thought were real will be laughed at. That's just the way things go.
And in 2000 years, there will still be some people arguing that the earth is flat - on their way to Mars for their summer holidays
"and in 2000 years the things that we thought were real will be laughed at"
That's my point. The engineering won't be laughed at; the science will. We don't laugh today at Greek siege engines or water organs or primitive water wheels. Those things were genuine advances.
And the only reason to call the classical theories of nature "philosophy" is that there was no strong division then between people who studied nature and people who studied what we today call philosophy. But when they were studying nature, they were using much the same strategies that are used by academic science today.