Carl Sagan on Eratosthenes
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Props to Beethoven. Intro music was Beethoven's 7th symphony. 1st movement.
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@JohnDeBunkTest And our societies are still fucked because of it.
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My teacher (Mr Parke) Lead me here!
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@GoblinXXX Eratosthenes probably hooked him up with one of the librarians.
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lol woah it's june 21sth, 2011
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@ozzie2005 FUCK YERH!
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Sure, we remember Eratosthenes (and rightly so), but what about the poor asshole who had to pace 800 kilometers?
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@challleeee No, I think you're just dumb.
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how can someone 2500 years ago be so smart but im still so dumb?!
technically shouldnt we be just as smart or smarter for fuck sake?!
oh wait... religion fucked all that up for us with the dark ages, thanks
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Eratosthenes correctly deduced the circumference of the Earth 2500 years ago.
And in 415AD, Christians murdered the last known mathematician associated with the Museum of Alexandria, Hypatia of Alexandra. These pious Christians then destroyed her work so very little is left, and destroyed every great library of ancient knowledge.
For the next 1000 years, the only books would be those the church accepted.
JohnDeBunkTest 3 years ago 63
We miss Carl, but we'll keep on fighting in the Demon Haunted world.
ozzie2005 3 years ago 41