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Mimi Launder
Sep 26, 2017

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Over 2,000 years ago, the Greek philosopher Aristotle had the rather revolutionary notion that the planet was circular.
In his book On the Heavens, he wrote:
Again, our observations of the stars make it evident, not only that the Earth is circular, but also that it is a circle of no great size. For quite a small change of position to south or north causes a manifest alteration of the horizon.
Since then we've sent satellites, cameras and people into orbit around our planet - and despite the overwhelming evidence they have returned proving Aristotle's theory correct, there are still those who believe the Earth is flat.
Flat Earthers across the globe are convinced there's a conspiracy of information control.
One of them even makes some pretty catchy music.
Rapper B.o.B - who is responsible for hit single Airplanes - is raising money to send satellites into space to help 'find the curve'.
Presumably, he both mistrusts the hundreds of existing satellites already in orbit and misunderstands how an 'orbit' works.
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Twitter user Tim Pastoor gave B.o.B. - aka Bobby Simmons Jr. - the idea.
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To be fair, the quest is kind of like a science experiment, if B.o.B. accepts the results.
The search for the Earth's edge might take a while though - In 4 days, he has managed to raise $596 - that's quite far off his $200k goal.
B.o.B has taken to social media to share his flat Earth theories before.
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He has even used his musical talents to promoting the conspiracy with his track Flatline.
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If you want to understand the gravity of the situation, watch the project launch here:
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