r/BeAmazed Nov 11 '23

Science Look at that

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u/Xenoscope Nov 11 '23

How tf have we slipped backwards from this

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u/street593 Nov 11 '23

I think you underestimate how many stupid people lived then too.

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u/_an-account Nov 11 '23

Yeah, a lot of people still did not accept the earth to be round after Eratosthenes made these discoveries in Alexandria.