Message from @jeremy

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2019-05-06 13:54:45 UTC  

?

2019-05-06 13:55:34 UTC  

Sure

2019-05-06 13:59:32 UTC  

how about the horizon rising to your eyeline no matter how high u get another illusion

2019-05-06 13:59:47 UTC  

?

2019-05-06 14:00:30 UTC  

their is a lot of illusions taking place out there my point is why is boats going over the curve the only thing thats not an illusion

2019-05-06 14:00:38 UTC  

But the horizon *doesn't* rise to eye level

2019-05-06 14:00:47 UTC  

ok

2019-05-06 14:01:07 UTC  

how about seeing the skyline of chicago from michigan

2019-05-06 14:01:24 UTC  

that is an illusion according to the globe

2019-05-06 14:01:49 UTC  

Ehhh, depends on weather conditions

2019-05-06 14:01:57 UTC  

well when we see it its an illusion

2019-05-06 14:02:02 UTC  

according to the glboe

2019-05-06 14:02:04 UTC  

globe

2019-05-06 14:02:39 UTC  

*Technically*, yes. Though, I'm not sure how much we'd expect to see hidden because I don't have any numbers on me right now

2019-05-06 14:02:50 UTC  

it should all be hidden

2019-05-06 14:03:00 UTC  

the highest building should be hundreds of feet under the curve

2019-05-06 14:03:28 UTC  

I'll go crunch the numbers real quick

2019-05-06 14:16:02 UTC  

@jeremy Okay so, did some research
The distance between Michigan and the Skylines are about 53 miles(85.350 km), the difference in elevation is about 7 meters, give or take, therefore viewer hight is around 8 m. Plugging these numbers into a curvature calculator gives you a hidden height of 373 meters. The highest buildings in the NY skyline are around 440 meters tall, so using *standard* numbers for refraction, you'd expect to see about 100 meters of building standing out.

2019-05-06 14:18:54 UTC  

ok well we know we are seeing more than the curve accounts for thats not a debate

2019-05-06 14:19:05 UTC  

the excuse is refraction light bending whatever

2019-05-06 14:19:13 UTC  

once again why its happenning isnt important

2019-05-06 14:19:26 UTC  

we know we see more than we should

2019-05-06 14:21:02 UTC  

noone is doubting we see more than we should

2019-05-06 14:21:23 UTC  

I mean you still have to explain *why* we see more than we should. Especially since on certain days we see *less* than we should. We know refraction is a thing because we can test it on smaller scales too, so it's less of an excuse and more the best explanation for the phenomenon

2019-05-06 14:21:30 UTC  

globe and flat people both know we see more than the globe accounts for

2019-05-06 14:21:41 UTC  

i can tell ur in favor of obethe gl

2019-05-06 14:21:48 UTC  

in favor of the globe

2019-05-06 14:21:58 UTC  

Well I mean even if you ignore refraction you have 444 meters hidden

2019-05-06 14:22:28 UTC  

so would u agree what we are seeing is an illusion

2019-05-06 14:22:50 UTC  

Yes, refraction is, for all intents and purposes, an illusion

2019-05-06 14:22:56 UTC  

lol

2019-05-06 14:23:52 UTC  

we know thier is a lot of illusions taking place when we look out over a body of water would u say

2019-05-06 14:24:15 UTC  

Depends on the kind of illusion

2019-05-06 14:24:25 UTC  

nevermind

2019-05-06 14:24:29 UTC  

forget it

2019-05-06 14:24:35 UTC  

This is where the *why something happens* part is important lol

2019-05-06 14:24:43 UTC  

i understand that

2019-05-06 14:25:00 UTC  

im just saying their is a lot of illusions taking place when we look out over a body of water

2019-05-06 14:25:09 UTC  

Yeet

2019-05-06 14:25:58 UTC  

?

2019-05-06 14:26:02 UTC  

Yes