Seriously, this is beyond stupid now and shame to all deserving!
Flat is a synonym for smooth.
Mathematically, the earth is smooth. The +height (max) and the -depth (max) over the CIRCUMFERENCE of the planet are situated such that if your hand were large enough you would not feel the difference. Text book smooth. As stated above, smooth and flat are linguistically interchangeable.
I do not know how else to present this, STOP ARGUING ABOUT IT! The earth is a FLAT SMOOTH SPHERE!
IT CAN BE BOTH, flat and sphere, AT THE SAME TIME! The earth is FLAT! Linguistically. Mathematically. LITERALLY!!!!!!
NOW, please direct attention to why you are not allowed to know this.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk!
OK, first, how smooth is a billiard ball? According to the World Pool-Billiard Association, a pool ball is 2.25 inches in diameter, and has a tolerance of +/- 0.005 inches. In other words, it must have no pits or bumps more than 0.005 inches in height. That’s pretty smooth. The ratio of the size of an allowable bump to the size of the ball is 0.005/2.25 = about 0.002.
The Earth has a diameter of about 12,735 kilometers (on average, see below for more on this). Using the smoothness ratio from above, the Earth would be an acceptable pool ball if it had no bumps (mountains) or pits (trenches) more than 12,735 km x 0.00222 = about 28 km in size.
The highest point on Earth is the top of Mt. Everest, at 8.85 km. The deepest point on Earth is the Marianas Trench, at about 11 km deep.
Hey, those are within the tolerances! So for once, an urban legend is correct. If you shrank the Earth down to the size of a billiard ball, it would be smoother.
https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/10763/is-earth-as-smooth-as-a-billiard-ball
https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/smooth (look at number 5)
I have 4.7k updoots, do your WORST!
I am seriously almost about to take my ball home so y'all can't play anymore.
Seriously, this is beyond stupid now and shame to all deserving!
Flat is a synonym for smooth.
Mathematically, the earth is smooth. The +height (max) and the -depth (max) over the CIRCUMFERENCE of the planet are situated such that if your hand were large enough you would not feel the difference. Text book smooth. As stated above, smooth and flat are linguistically interchangeable.
I do not know how else to present this, STOP ARGUING ABOUT IT! The earth is a FLAT SMOOTH SPHERE!
IT CAN BE BOTH AT THE SAME TIME! The earth is FLAT! Linguistically. Mathematically. LITERALLY!!!!!!
NOW, please direct attention to why you are not allowed to know this.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk!
OK, first, how smooth is a billiard ball? According to the World Pool-Billiard Association, a pool ball is 2.25 inches in diameter, and has a tolerance of +/- 0.005 inches. In other words, it must have no pits or bumps more than 0.005 inches in height. That’s pretty smooth. The ratio of the size of an allowable bump to the size of the ball is 0.005/2.25 = about 0.002.
The Earth has a diameter of about 12,735 kilometers (on average, see below for more on this). Using the smoothness ratio from above, the Earth would be an acceptable pool ball if it had no bumps (mountains) or pits (trenches) more than 12,735 km x 0.00222 = about 28 km in size.
The highest point on Earth is the top of Mt. Everest, at 8.85 km. The deepest point on Earth is the Marianas Trench, at about 11 km deep.
Hey, those are within the tolerances! So for once, an urban legend is correct. If you shrank the Earth down to the size of a billiard ball, it would be smoother.
https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/10763/is-earth-as-smooth-as-a-billiard-ball
https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/smooth (look at number 5)
I have 4.7k updoots, do your WORST!
I am seriously almost about to take my ball home so y'all can't play anymore.