Message from @Thinky

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2020-01-18 21:01:09 UTC  

2020-01-18 21:02:17 UTC  

na

2020-01-18 21:02:19 UTC  

its round

2020-01-18 21:02:22 UTC  

trust

2020-01-18 21:03:12 UTC  

Trust is synonymous with faith. You don’t need faith with provable reality.

2020-01-18 21:09:40 UTC  

Water is always level relative to the compressive force.

2020-01-18 21:09:46 UTC  

Relative to normal force.

2020-01-18 21:09:58 UTC  

Normal force, acting at any one point on a globe, perpendicular.

2020-01-18 21:10:13 UTC  

Therefore, quite easily, you can have 'level' water on a globe.

2020-01-18 21:10:19 UTC  

Fluid Dynamics even account for this.

2020-01-18 21:10:33 UTC  

But if we wish to misuse basic Fluid Dynamics, go for it.

2020-01-18 21:13:53 UTC  

It’s not so easy, when it’s neither observable, or measurable in real life. Two demands proof needs. And you can’t assume a measurement, without first observing.

2020-01-18 21:15:04 UTC  

No, but you observe that too.

2020-01-18 21:15:16 UTC  

Water finds 'level' relative to the normal force induced on it.

2020-01-18 21:15:31 UTC  

We do not observe water curving over a sphere.

2020-01-18 21:15:38 UTC  

Rather, normal force is its reaction to compressive forces of gravity.

2020-01-18 21:15:41 UTC  

We do, however.

2020-01-18 21:15:46 UTC  

Consider for a moment...

2020-01-18 21:15:59 UTC  

Why do we see the horizon further out when we raise altitude?

2020-01-18 21:16:06 UTC  

Which is disproportionally longer in distance

2020-01-18 21:16:13 UTC  

Than if we were at sea level, or even at 5,000'

2020-01-18 21:16:30 UTC  

The distance at which it increases is quite noticeable, up to a point.

2020-01-18 21:16:36 UTC  

Why is this the case?

2020-01-18 21:17:25 UTC  

We are supposed to see the horizon curve on a sphere.

2020-01-18 21:17:38 UTC  

That is the nature of every sphere in reality.

2020-01-18 21:17:48 UTC  

Earth doesn’t do that.

2020-01-18 21:18:05 UTC  

You didn't answer my question, though.

2020-01-18 21:18:21 UTC  

We are supposed to see farther when we elevate.

2020-01-18 21:18:29 UTC  

Why is that on a flat surface?

2020-01-18 21:18:44 UTC  

It would make no rational difference how far we can see from 5,000' to 25,000'

2020-01-18 21:19:00 UTC  

In fact, the distance is actually disproportionately higher at 25,000'

2020-01-18 21:19:01 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/484516084846952451/668202712046764032/image0.gif

2020-01-18 21:19:22 UTC  

And yet you are not seeing further.

2020-01-18 21:19:43 UTC  

That horizon remains consistent on a flat earth.

2020-01-18 21:19:47 UTC  

So *why*?

2020-01-18 21:20:29 UTC  

A horizon is supposed to be consistent on a flat earth.

2020-01-18 21:20:47 UTC  

And yet it isn't in real life.

2020-01-18 21:21:08 UTC  

I’m sorry what?

2020-01-18 21:21:24 UTC  

The only difference you should see is equivalent to, say, Lat[axial] / Sin(Θ)

2020-01-18 21:21:53 UTC  

And yet, at sea level, you can see, what, 9 miles or so? Whereas the higher you go, the further beyond that limit you can see.

2020-01-18 21:21:57 UTC  

Again, up to a point.