Message from @alterthaw.com

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2019-04-27 17:38:05 UTC  

When you sail toward a ship, island, or lighthouse, their tallest points are the first thing to peek up over the curve of the horizon.

2019-04-27 17:38:14 UTC  

Because it's too bright

2019-04-27 17:38:29 UTC  

Because the solar radiation and light fills the sky. THAT'S WHY IT IS CALLED DAYTIME.

2019-04-27 17:38:37 UTC  

You can see curve there

2019-04-27 17:38:39 UTC  

ish

2019-04-27 17:38:57 UTC  

Lol my profile pic and nickname

2019-04-27 17:38:57 UTC  

and we can't see beyond the light..

2019-04-27 17:39:32 UTC  

No but seriously, please explain the flat earth

2019-04-27 17:39:35 UTC  

why can't we see beyond the daytime light?

2019-04-27 17:39:42 UTC  

Flat earth is fairly straightforward, if you line up a reference level parallel to the earth, it will remain parallel, Euclid's postulates apply to the surface

2019-04-27 17:39:50 UTC  

Flat

2019-04-27 17:40:01 UTC  

We know what flat means intuitively

2019-04-27 17:40:14 UTC  

WAVELENGTHS OF VISIBLE LIGHT. All electromagnetic radiation is light, but we can only see a small portion of this radiation—the portion we call visible light. Cone-shaped cells in our eyes act as receivers tuned to the wavelengths in this narrow band of the spectrum.

2019-04-27 17:40:20 UTC  

Thats it? Okay.

2019-04-27 17:40:26 UTC  

Yes

2019-04-27 17:40:36 UTC  

Fair enough

2019-04-27 17:40:37 UTC  

to answer your question, the reason why we can't see it all is because our eyes are limited to see a particular distance during the day

2019-04-27 17:40:52 UTC  

you have evidence that's not anecdotal? @Nostalgia

2019-04-27 17:41:11 UTC  

The visible spectrum has the highest energy in sunlight at the earth's surface, explaining the gross location of the visible spectrum in life on earth. The specific frequency range varies across species and can be explained by species-specific survival strategies.

2019-04-27 17:41:30 UTC  

ehh

2019-04-27 17:41:30 UTC  

no

2019-04-27 17:41:31 UTC  

t

2019-04-27 17:41:32 UTC  

really

2019-04-27 17:41:38 UTC  

Why am I unwilling to learn? I just asked to learn about the flat earth

2019-04-27 17:41:58 UTC  

Lol

2019-04-27 17:42:00 UTC  

The human eye can process only 400-700 nm. It's merely the way the body was made.

2019-04-27 17:42:11 UTC  

Hey @The Gwench 😄

2019-04-27 17:42:28 UTC  

If you were to fly upwards in a space vessel, you'd see 400-700 nm into space.

2019-04-27 17:42:37 UTC  

Wave optics and the Rayleigh Criterion demonstrate that the horizon would be finite distance on a flat earth, derived from angular resolution

2019-04-27 17:42:42 UTC  

yes, well i doubt our eye can see across the entire earth that's ludicrous

2019-04-27 17:43:00 UTC  

You're speaking my language.

2019-04-27 17:43:02 UTC  

If you wanted to see the curve you could put a camera on a weather balloon

2019-04-27 17:43:04 UTC  

That's why.

2019-04-27 17:43:20 UTC  

brb.

2019-04-27 17:43:32 UTC  

a camera with a fish eye lens would definitely do the trick

2019-04-27 17:44:13 UTC  

Or just get a flat camera

2019-04-27 17:44:24 UTC  

or put no fisheye effect/lens on it?