Earth is a created realm - not necessarily flat (plenty of altitude changes), but definitely not a meaningless ball spiraling millions of miles an hour in a billions of years old void of creation and destruction.
The spinning ball has two primary characteristics:
You're spinning
There's ultimately a curving downward and away from any position you're at, given enough distance
Both of these are obviously untrue and any meaningful declaration otherwise is based out of misunderstanding of either the theory around the ball or the opposing viewpoint.
That said, I don't spend much time worrying about this stuff anymore, but it is life changing, for sure.
See Foucault's pendulum. It takes a little bit of mathematical sophistication to run these calculations, but I have done this experiment myself (as an undergrad). It shows quite clearly the earth is spinning. It allows you to show your latitude easily, and if you go to a different latitude you get the predicted results.
There's ultimately a curving downward and away from any position you're at, given enough distance
Have you never watched a boat go over the horizon?
Living by two different oceans for the majority of my life, I have many times.
Earth is a created realm - not necessarily flat (plenty of altitude changes), but definitely not a meaningless ball spiraling millions of miles an hour in a billions of years old void of creation and destruction.
The spinning ball has two primary characteristics:
Both of these are obviously untrue and any meaningful declaration otherwise is based out of misunderstanding of either the theory around the ball or the opposing viewpoint.
That said, I don't spend much time worrying about this stuff anymore, but it is life changing, for sure.
See Foucault's pendulum. It takes a little bit of mathematical sophistication to run these calculations, but I have done this experiment myself (as an undergrad). It shows quite clearly the earth is spinning. It allows you to show your latitude easily, and if you go to a different latitude you get the predicted results.
Have you never watched a boat go over the horizon?
Living by two different oceans for the majority of my life, I have many times.
What is the farthest distance you have seen a boat with a telescope?