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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
Ted, it's just not worth arguing with some people. Have you seen actual proof with your own eyes the world is round? I haven't.
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The ancient Greeks proved it in about 250 BC using not much more than a couple sticks and tape measures and some math. And calculated the circumference within 10%. The experiment they did would actually be easier today.
http://theconversation.com/you-dont-...-science-88106
I'd offer to repeat what they did with you helping, but I think you may be geographically too close to me. Not to mention the potential cost of not billing a bit of time to put a stick in the ground and measure a shadow at a particular time. But at least then you could say you'd seen the evidence firsthand. (Ok, technically half the evidence, unless we swap cellphone videos)
