Angle of light

Where does the extra 2% come from?

I don't have the patience to tutor you

This is an "informing" channel, is it not?

Oh I'm dumb, I was treating the sun as a point light. Makes a lot of sense actually for it to be slightly over 50%

~~If you're not patient enough to explain your position, I could use some easy diagrams or something about the angle of resolution if you have them on hand~~ found the stuff you posted in optics so I'll be looking at that

@BubbleBurster yeah keep in mind the sun is not a point light, so the coverage would be slightly higher because you're getting light from one side of the sun sphere and also from the other side
Same reasoning as to why you wouldn't need to be infinitely far away from the earth to see 50% of it, because you have two eyes

@Citizen Z You said the sunlight cannot cover the entire Earth since it is so close

Now you say it is 52%

🤔

tbf 52% =/= 100%

@Jatsko Thanks, that makes sense

I might be slightly wrong again, I think the sun might mathematically need to have a larger radius than the earth to cover more than 50%, not simply that it has size to begin with

```HYMN TO "R"
Our Eratosthenes whose sticks measured the heavens,
Hallowed be thy name,
Thy circumference come,
Thy radius be done,
On Earth as it measures in the heavens,
Give us this day our daily shadows,
And forgive us for assuming the distance to the sun,
To give us the globe.
R-men```

^where did this come from?

Is radius a trigger word or something?

If you shine a flashlight onto a piece of paper, then begin to manipulate the flashlight to different angles and distances from the paper, you'll have vastly different levels of illumination

But they say the sun is constantly in motion too. So it's an extremely delicate balance, IF the math works out in the first place @Jatsko

Oh I was talking about a globe model, not a flat one, sorry

Yes, you'd have to know the exact size of the sun, its exact distances from the earth, and the exact travel path it takes. So where's the flat earth math and measurements for all that? Why is there no consensus on these dimensions after several years?

@Jatsko You may be right on that

Actually, what I described is not the whole story because flat earthers tend to believe the moon emits its own light too. That skews the calculations to ridiculously convicted levels

Convoluted* not convicted :o

But all in all, that is exactly what flat earthers need to demonstrate in a day/night model. Been waiting to see one that survives 30 seconds of scrutiny

I hope the mods don't think I'm being condescending again -_- I believe I'm being quite fair here

Why dont you just test the moonlight yourself

Test moonlight for what

Please don't say temperature

How do you explain time zones? Actual question

I feel neglected

Time zones were manufactured by big pharma

Sun rays are divergent and local

@kitten cult LOL

Test the moonlight and moonshade temperature and

See what the difference is

@rivenator12113 Good, so now can you guys test to see whether the regions experiencing day and regions experiencing night are actually exactly as represented in that gif at any point in time? I don't believe that is the case

@BubbleBurster are you that ignorant?

Get the fuck out of here you are a persistant debate troll

@Citizen Z Hmm a mod is being condescending to me

What did I do wrong?

&ice @BubbleBurster