While I'm not firm that "the earth is a flat topographical plane" as much as pointing out that such a take isn't as stupid as I had once thought.
There's a legitimate discussion going on that can get pretty deeply technical.
The reality is, at least in our day to day lives are concerned, the earth is an unmoving and generally flat terrain (or mountainous depending where one lives.)
Exactly, we could go very deep on this I believe, which is why there is so much division at superficial levels. When you take into account how time and space are relative than the "shape" of the earth really becomes relative to your location. Time cannot change as you go higher in elevation without our observation of matter in time also changing from that relative perspective. The ground plane could be "flat" while from the perspective of high earth orbit it could be a "globe". Personally I think ground plane = flat. High altitude = convex. Below sea level = concave (hollow earth ties in, as well as bottomless pit for Bible folk). I think a combo of all the "conspiracies" on the shape of the earth are closer to "reality".
While I'm not firm that "the earth is a flat topographical plane" as much as pointing out that such a take isn't as stupid as I had once thought.
There's a legitimate discussion going on that can get pretty deeply technical.
The reality is, at least in our day to day lives are concerned, the earth is an unmoving and generally flat terrain (or mountainous depending where one lives.)
Exactly, we could go very deep on this I believe, which is why there is so much division at superficial levels. When you take into account how time and space are relative than the "shape" of the earth really becomes relative to your location. Time cannot change as you go higher in elevation without our observation of matter in time also changing from that relative perspective. The ground plane could be "flat" while from the perspective of high earth orbit it could be a "globe". Personally I think ground plane = flat. High altitude = convex. Below sea level = concave (hollow earth ties in, as well as bottomless pit for Bible folk). I think a combo of all the "conspiracies" on the shape of the earth are closer to "reality".