It has actually been known that the Earth was round since the time of the ancient Greeks. Globe model adapted from original by Edward Luther Stevenson (Public Domain) The earliest globe is said to have been created by Crates of Mallus in 150 B.C. Medieval depiction of a spherical earth with different seasons at the same time (from the book “Liber Divinorum Operum”) from the 12 century. That wasn’t put to the test until the 15th century when Portuguese sailor Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigated the globe. English philosopher Bede, who lived in the 7th and 8th centuries A.D., wrote the Earth “is an orb placed in the center of the universe in its width it is like a circle, and not circular like a shield but rather like a ball, and it extends from its center with perfect roundness on all sides.” Some ancients also thought the Earth was round. It’s worth noting that many ancient peoples didn’t actually think the Earth was flat, but they thought it had a bowl- or dome-like shape. They just strengthened their assertion with observation.” The ancient Greeks used to think the Earth was round, because they believed every celestial body was a perfect sphere, including the Earth. It’s not because every planet seems spherical that the Earth is spherical as well. Why would the Earth be an exception?”Ī person on the forum replied to the reporter: “Don’t go too far into sophism. If my tweets are rattling the tiny little cages of your reality … the unfollow button is right thereĪccording to Vice, there’s an entire forum dedicated to the Flat Earth theory, and they carry on theories contained in Samuel Rowbotham’s work, “Zetetic Astronomy: Earth Not a Globe,” published in 1881.Ī Vice reporter asked: “If you look through a telescope, you will see that every planet and star in the universe is spherical. Later, B.o.B tweeted excerpts from what appears to be a book that posits the Flat Earth theory.Īfter he received criticism and ridicule for his ideas, he replied: Zack Veddern January 25, it's not, go to the beach, look at the horizon all the way around. Here are a few it's not, go to the beach, look at the horizon all the way around. Neil deGrasse Tyson January 25, Duude - to be clear: Being five centuries regressed in your reasoning doesn’t mean we all can’t still like your music You’ve never been south of Earth’s Equator, or if so, you've never looked up. Neil deGrasse Tyson January 25, Polaris is gone by 1.5 deg S. But most buildings in midtown are waaay taller than that. Neil deGrasse Tyson January 25, Earth's curve indeed blocks 150 (not 170) ft of Manhattan. No law stops you from regressively basking in it.
He got a response from astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on Flat Earth is a problem only when people in charge think that way. In all, B.o.B posted more than a dozen assertions that the Earth is flat, and he doesn’t appear to be trolling. Over the last several days, the rapper and producer tweeted several items to his 2 million or so followers: B.o.B, the Georgia-based recording artist, is claiming that the Earth is flat, going against what even ancient Greeks (like Aristotle) knew.