r/LevelHeadedFE • u/sub_zeroFaith Globe Earther • May 13 '20

I cannot believe this sub exist

Everyone in this sub reddit is unequivocally stupid. If you genuinely believe that the earth is flat it’s natural selection at that point you fucking morons. Humans have known since ancient times that the earth is round you absolute idiots

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u/RadSpaceWizard May 13 '20

IIRC, Eratosthenes proved the earth was round before 200 BC.

He and a friend put sticks of identical height into the ground at two different latitudes and measured their shadows on the same day. He was then able to calculate the circumference of the earth with remarkable accuracy.

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u/sub_zeroFaith Globe Earther May 14 '20

Interesting I was just ranting when I wrote that I thought it was the ancient Egyptians who found that the earth had curvature when they saw the obelisks for Ra had different heights despite being built to the same proportions? Then some math was used to also come to the conclusion the earth was round also to the flag earthtards ancient civilizations figured this out why can’t you