I hadn’t seen this video or heard of Eratosthenes’ experiment until now. The thing is I can do this experiment myself to verify it if I want to. Heck, as a former architect who’s had to do countless sun studies, I can basically do it in my head right now (of course, I’d bust out a pencil and paper or AutoCAD if it seemed the slightest bit fishy).

I like knowing the truth and how things work, and would be very interested if you could prove either that this experiment is wrong or that this historical figure was made up, but simply an “apparently this is fake” from a stranger on the internet holds no weight with me.

I’ll take your reluctance to provide your verification as a concession though. Thanks.

I hadn’t seen this video or heard of Eratosthenes’ experiment until now. The thing is I can do this experiment myself to verify it if I want to. Heck, as a former architect who’s had to do countless sun studies, I can basically do it in my head right now (of course, I’d bust out a pencil and paper or AutoCAD if it seemed the slightest bit fishy).

I like knowing the truth and how things work, and would be very interested if you could prove either that this experiment is wrong or that this historical figure was made up, but simply an “apparently this is fake” from a stranger in the internet holds no weight with me.

I’ll take your reluctance to provide your verification as a concession though. Thanks.