We can then extrapolate and look at the earth itself from high up

the continents are sides ? lol

gambino are the continents sides of the container ?

No the earth itself is the container

There are no net sideways forces, only downwards

Why hello

Kinda like an arch doesn't have walls

@The Big Gambino Not entirely true, pressure gradients are homogenous on all sides for fluids

yeah so what is the small scale experiment that shows water in a spherical container with no sides

May I add to the discussion?

sure

@grace Send full pfp please

I sent a camera and fake airpods to space

add away

and the Earth was round

ok

Oh no the earth can't hear us because of the airpods

lol

@jeremy we can see the ocean curving by looking at the horizon drop with altitude. This is visible even at the small scale

@grace for real though your pfp is cute, please send

ok!

u go up u can see farther

Yes bc of curve

thats a thoery

No it's simple geometry

Direct measurement

could be becuase of perspective angular resolution refraction

@The Big Gambino Not necessarily, it's the elevation, not the curvature

their are other options than its curving

Perspective angular resolution refraction is just a jumble word salad

when u look out at the ocean the water appears to be above ur feet its geometry so the water is really above ur feet ?

All of those other options are falsified

ok

i think instead of us debating we should brainstorm an idea for an experiment to prove it

This has been done

When you put a can 2 meters in front of you, and another can 5 meters in front of you, is the can that's further away smaller, or does it appear smaller than the can that is closer?

Ppl have flown to space

Geometry explains what we should *expect* to see in optics, not what's *actually* true

gambino do astronauts see stars while in space or not

Depends on where they're looking

And if they're in the sun or not