Message from @rightthehand
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This contradiction the boat is going to the horizon and gets blocked by the bulge of the curve but then when you ask why it doesn’t tilt away you say because there’s .01° of bend
No contradiction
When you zoom out looking at a ball you see the ball
Yup
When you zoom out on the ball earth it gets flat
Same with reality
Nope
At high altitude that is what happens
In an experiment with a physical ball it is almost impossible to get close enough for the analogy to hold
But the same happens
@rightthehand Read that
How flat is a 5 mile square cross section of earth?
I don’t read bullahit blogs
Depends how you view it
Really?
Read it man, I can vouch for it
So the physical structure of a 5 mile cross section of earth depending how you look at it will change
????
Yup
Relatively flat anyways
It depends from what viewpoint you are looking at it from
I’m not asking you what it will look like I’m asking you what it will measure
If you take the entire bowl earth and cut out a 5 mile Square what will be the level of flatness of that particular cross-section
How many degrees of bend will it have?
I’ll tell you
.001
That’s flat
Sure, that might be accurate yes.
Flatter then flat actually
A large spherical earth is reasonably flat locally
So you have 5 square mile section of earth that for all observation and measurements is flat
It is very un-flat over larger distances
So you have 5 square mile section of earth that for all observation and measurements is flat
Well not really
Right?
These fractions can confuse you
So .001 degrees is bend you can see with your make eye
The drop is still about 16 feet
On a line 5 miles long?