flat earth

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by aiworld44 - opened

๐Ÿ˜ƒ: proof for flat earth
๐Ÿค–: I cannot provide proof for a flat Earth because there is no scientific evidence or credible research supporting the idea of a flat Earth. On the contrary, overwhelming evidence from various fields of science, including astronomy, geology, and physics, confirms that the Earth is an oblate spheroid.

The concept of a flat Earth can be traced back to ancient cultures that lacked the scientific tools and methods to measure the Earth's shape accurately. However, as early as the 6th century BCE, the Greek philosopher Pythagoras argued that the Earth was a sphere, based on observations of the Earth's shadow during lunar eclipses and the way ships disappeared over the horizon.

Later, in the 3rd century BCE, the Greek astronomer Eratosthenes accurately measured the Earth's circumference using the angles of shadows cast by the Sun at different latitudes. He found that the Earth was approximately 40,000 km in circumference, which is remarkably close to the actual value of 40,075 km.

In the modern era, a wealth of evidence has confirmed that the

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