For the recent surge in "Flat Earthers" in GAW, this is for you.
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Lol it has nothing to do with belief, literally every flat earth "proof" is born from basic misunderstandings and ignorance of the actual math and science that shows definitively that it is a spheroid shape. I don't believe the earth is a spheroid, I know it is a spheroid, and when at Earthers actually learn how to do math and create mathematical models that prove it is flat maybe they might change some minds. They won't though.
"You can't explain basic curvature" lmao wut? Yes you can. What does this even mean?
The earth is a couple thousand miles across yes you can see for quite a distance before an object will eventually drop below the horizon.
Here's and equation for how far you can see before the earth curves.
a = /[ ( r + h )^2 - r^2]
a = distance to the horizon
H= distance your eyes are from the ground
R= earth's radius
Note this equation does not account for the phenomenon of light refraction. Which is when light passes through a medium which is not perfectly uniform, such as air the light ray bends meaning some photons from the object that usually hit the ground actually bend around the earth's surface lol this is the shit that trips you dummies up. You can literally observe this effect in grade school level experiments. Meaning the distances you see things dissappear beyond the horizon can change and why you might actually see farther than you would think. Educate yourselves.