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

This is a great reminder that our ancient ancestors were fucking smart, just like us. We all have the same brains (not nearly enough time separates us for any evolutionary pressures to have acted there). The only reason we know more than them is because we’re standing on their shoulders, and the many giants who came after them.

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