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Month: July 2026

  • Isaac Asimov

    When people thought the Earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the Earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the Earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the Earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together.

    Highlighting that scientific models get increasingly precise over time.

  • Angles from Hell

    So now we’re in the earth getting this angle are we Danny? Burning in the firey hells of the molten iron core to acquire this lying angle.

    Nathan Oakley, Flat Earth Debate 1894.

    Ignorant (willfully or otherwise) of the geometry of celestial navigation, Nathan has to misrepresent it’s basis in fact and reach for a snappy soundbite instead.

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