Aristotle's Argument Member Of The Flat Earth Society

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The Greek philosopher Aristotle was the first scientist to argue that the earth is round. He proved his theory by concluding that the spherical shadow cast on the moon during a solar eclipse must be because the earth is also spherical (Stern, 2004). This early reasoning has since been backed up and proven by many scientist for centuries. However, there is a group existing presently called the Flat Earth Society. This cluster of individuals choose to believe that the earth is actually flat and that there is a shadow organization collaborating to keep people in the dark. This clip presents a self proclaimed member of the Flat Earthers. In fact this video has over five-hundred thousand views and is one of the first results of a Google search resembling

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