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Re:Bruno Latour, the Post-Truth Philosopher, Mounts a Defens... by posterboy on Friday October 26, 2018 @07:44AM (#18308354)
There's enough people running around claiming the world is a sphere, which is not really true either. At least the flat earthers understand that most people know less than they think they need to.
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Re:Bruno Latour, the Post-Truth Philosopher, Mounts a Defens... by extra88 on Friday October 26, 2018 @07:54AM (#18308402)
It's true enough, it's less than one percent wider around the equator. Calling it an oblate spheroid or something isn't relevant it most situations.
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Re:Bruno Latour, the Post-Truth Philosopher, Mounts a Defens... by posterboy on Saturday October 27, 2018 @12:54AM (#18314414)
See, I didn't even know that?!
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