That article is explaining that the errors they found *compared to* the spherical model was small enough that they could approximate the earth is flat without too much of a problem

were* small enough

They’re saying they can use that approximation in their experiment. That’s kind of the thing physics does. It takes the simplest approximation it can for the problem it’s trying to solve. But that doesn’t mean the approximation is the reality

For example, if you’re trying to bake a cake, you can put in a rough cup of sugar and it doesn’t have to be to exact to get you a cake. If you’re doing a sensitive chemical reaction, you’d need to be more sure about how much you had

Actually research on the graviton is an active field. People don’t know if it’s massive or not or if it’s unnecessary given general relativity, but it’s not neglected

I’d be happy to answer any questions you had about gravity

It’s an effect we experience due to the warping of spacetime caused by massive objects!

After a cursory google search (because I’ve never heard of it), it sounds like they’re arguing that gravity is actually the result of a slight charge differential, and so is actually a coulomb (electric) force. I would definitely disagree with that

Just like doing measurements down to the micrometer wouldn’t be justified for baking a cake. It doesn’t mean that a micrometer measurement wouldn’t be more accurate

Not gravity as it is understood. On a flat, finite-sized surface, there would be force toward the center of the surface as well as “down”

Hello! I would be interested to talk about anybody’s model of the world. (Not trying to troll, just genuinely interested)

Things like do you think we’re in a kind of “snow globe” type system or why objects fall. Things like that. I’m just interested

I’ve asked a few times and get different ideas and explanations or versions, and I just think it’s fun to hear about them

I wasn’t saying they had to be connected, even though I personally believe they are. I was just asking about what people think, if they don’t subscribe to gravity.

Again, I’m interested in hearing the beliefs of others, but I’m happy to talk about gravity for a bit if you’d prefer

So what brought you to a flat earth community?