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2021-10-11 21:12:58 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

His arguments are the sort of nonsense a child might believe, if given a poor education. No one would care but he's a state AG and candidate for the U.S. Senate and should not be so ignorant. Wikipedia alone is a good starting point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes#Earth's_circumference

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• His arguments are the sort of nonsense a child might believe, if given a poor education. No one would care but he's a state AG and candidate for the U.S. Senate and should not be so ignorant. Wikipedia alone is a good starting point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes#Earth's_circumference