Re: The Earth's geoid shape - Exposing Dr Zakir Naik
Reply #29 - March 03, 2011, 11:49 AM
You what annoys me most about that Zakir Naik clip. When he says that the first time the western world discovered the earth was round was in 1597 when Francis drake sailed around the world!
There is so much wrong with this statement! As rationaliser pointed out, we ahave known the Earth is round for more than 2000 years at least.
Then he says in 1577 when Francis Drake sailed around the world, it was found that the world is spherical! Francis Drake was not even the first person to circumnavigate the Earth - and even if that was true, surely Francis Drake wouldn't have attempted to circumnavigate the Earth if he didn't think it was spherical!
And people still take this idiot seriously!
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