Carl Sagan: How the circumference of the Earth was calculated using only sticks, eyes, feet, and brains

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@VeronicaConnor

Now we have social media to make the worst of those people louder, but they were always there.

i think social media of the day was probably church.

extra time spent trying to look good, check. amplification of fringe voices, check. public posts shaming ne’er-do-wells… and heck their posts were made of wood