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Thanks to Ed Babinski for pointing out two pieces related to flat earth views<\/a>, one of which features an article from a 1931 issue of Modern Mechanics<\/em><\/a>, offering $5,000 to anyone who can prove the earth is spherical.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to Ed Babinski for pointing out two pieces related to flat earth views, one of which features an article from a 1931 issue of Modern Mechanics, offering $5,000 to anyone who can prove the earth is spherical.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nFlat Earth in (not so) Modern Mechanics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Thanks to Ed Babinski for pointing out two pieces related to flat earth views, one of which features an article from a 1931 issue of Modern Mechanics,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/02\/flat-earth-in-not-so-modern-mechanics.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Flat Earth in (not so) Modern Mechanics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Thanks to Ed Babinski for pointing out two pieces related to flat earth views, one of which features an article from a 1931 issue of Modern Mechanics,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/02\/flat-earth-in-not-so-modern-mechanics.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. 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