Why spherical shells give wrong moment of inertia for a solid sphere

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For calculating I of a uniform solid sphere, why can't we use thin spherical shells? When I try to use spherical shells I get (3/5)MR^2. Every single derivation uses thin cylindrical shells and end up with the correct expression((2/5)MR^2) but they never explain why it is correct to use cylindrical shells and not spherical shells.
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You certainly can get there via spherical shells, but it produces the same answer: 2/5.
What do you get for the MI of the shell?