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Topic	You do not know that the Earth is not flat because you have never seen it.
adjl 06/18/21 12:56:40 PM #54:	THEGODDAMNBATMA posted... Unless you go up into space and look at it, you can not say that the Earth is not flat. You also can't say that it is flat without doing so. Instead, you're left to observe what you can and extrapolate accordingly based on the principles you know. Having seen the curvature of the earth from high altitudes many times, as well as understanding that gravity overwhelmingly favours the formation of spheroids when acting on a cosmic scale, I'm fine assuming that it is as round as I have been told. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:955169327] in You do not... [t:79519772]...</cite> <quote>THEGODDAMNBATMA posted... </cite> <quote>Unless you go up into space and look at it, you can not say that the Earth is not flat.</quote> You also can't say that it is flat without doing so. Instead, you're left to observe what you can and extrapolate accordingly based on the principles you know. Having seen the curvature of the earth from high altitudes many times, as well as understanding that gravity overwhelmingly favours the formation of spheroids when acting on a cosmic scale, I'm fine assuming that it is as round as I have been told. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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