My Email reply to a Flat Earther: How to measure the Circumference of the Earth YOURSELF

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[Someone left a message for me about the Flat Earth a few weeks back. I replied to him shortly and then he wrote back. What horrifies me is the total ignorance about the scientific breakthroughs of our ancestors like the Ancient Greeks, Romans, etc. For people who are serious about the Flat Earth, I can easily show you the wikipedia and other entries where you can see how the Ancient Greeks measured the circumference of the Earth. Once you know the principles, in this day of phones and the Internet you can carry out these experiments so easily and measure the size of the Earth yourself. I'm happy to show you the text and to take you through the process. It's very easy. You can measure the circumference of the Earth YOURSELF within a day if you are willing to jump in a car and drive a distance. But in this day of phones two people who are a distance apart can do the measurements themselves. I'm sure, given the things phones can do that you might even be able to take the measurements with a phone instead of with some instrument. Two people who are far apart can do the measurements on the same day and figure it out. You just need to ensure you do the maths correctly. Jan]

This is what I wrote to him the first time:

You clearly do NOT know European history or science. The Ancient Greeks
knew the Earth was round and proved it was round and even estimated it’s
size. They even estimated the distance to the sun and the moon. The
Romans knew this, and it was well known and firmly established in
European astronomy.

YOU FAIL TO REALISE THE INCREDIBLE BRILLIANCE OF OUR ANCESTORS.

You can measure the size of the Earth YOURSELF within one day if you are
willing to get into a car and drive a distance.

You really must LEARN EUROPEAN HISTORY AND SCIENCE. It will amaze you.
And it was done BEFORE Liberals became a nuisance, before Christianity even
existed.

He disputed what I wrote above. So I replied:-

This is very easy to disprove. All the proper science was done more than 2000 years ago.

I can send you the links and you can see it for yourself – that is, if you are interested in facts and science and reality.

If on the other hand you have an emotional or spiritual need to believe in flat earth, then I can’t help you.

If you are SERIOUS then you can study the logic and the science yourself and even buy the simple equipment to carry out the experiments yourself. Within less than a week you could measure the diameter of the earth yourself, and do the calculations yourself.

I want to repeat that you flat earthers have NOT studied European history. If you did, you would be in AWE of what our ancestors did with pieces of paper and hand made calculations. Then you would realise what geniuses our ancestors were.

But if you believe in the flat earth then you are CHOOSING TOTAL IGNORANCE.

Yet, here you are writing to me on a COMPUTER on the INTERNET using advanced technology and science developed by People.

Do you realise how totally STUPID you are acting?