I started at a neutral standpoint; I don't know whether the earth was flat or spherical

However, as we can observe the earth being flat directly AND we cannot observe any curvature whatsoever DESPITE knowing what curvature we would expect IF the earth was spherical, the only conclusion we can draw is that the earth is in fact flat, and not spherical

the earth is round

dummies

>.<

A flat earth can also be round, yes

no that’s not how that works

@road to diabetes thats not my opinion so call it as you wish, i dont support nor deny it, its just a point of view of another person

8 inch per square mile is an approximation via Taylor-Series. It works up to a certain degree until the uncertainty becomes too high

However, as it's an approximation, you would still expect results close to the approximation, you don't. At all.

No, they didn't.

hmph

bro are you an Ancient Greek? 🤧 didn’t think so

bro they’re dead for a reason

Except that all our laser experiments show no curvature whatsoever. People like D.Marble made multiple such experiments that show no curvature

@road to diabetes Do you see the problem with that?

"The moon might be round, therefore the earth is also round"

That's a non-sequitur

bro stand up and tell me if you fall forward

Light doesn't bend at long distances.

Light only diffracts due to refraction

Light only bends around non-zero gravitational gradient fields

Gravitational fields affect anything with a non-zero mass-momentum-stress tensor. Photons have no mass energy, but they have momentum energy and are thus affected by gravity

ahem

Been nice trollin'

The Earth's round lmao

I've been trollin'

Wherever there is mass, there is an affect we attribute to gravity

USE YOUR EYES KIDS

CIRCLEEE

The existence of gravity, however, does not imply the shape of the earth

Alright, @Bannebie has been warned for '**Bad word usage**'.

It's just that 99% of flat earthers are hompsky chonks when it comes to physics

The question has already been answered; perspective

Your eyes can only see so much

Your eyes can basically see infinitely

I'm literally answering your question, it's simply that you don't like the answer

Stars are light years, if not hundreds of light years

It's quite far

Yes

If light reaches your eye, you see it.