• @logos@sh.itjust.works
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    462 years ago

    As a passenger on an aircraft, how is it I can see the curvature of the Earth?

    Quite simply, you cannot…

    It is likely that those claiming to have personally visually discerned curvature from an aeroplane are experiencing a form of confirmation bias.

    Oh, ok then

    • flipht
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      312 years ago

      Ignoring that ancient mathematicians were able to calculate the size of the earth with pretty good results, considering their “world spanning empires” are what we’d consider regional now.

      Also that you can literally watch a ship come over the horizon, seeing it’s sails first before the body actually moves into view. If the earth were flat the entire thing would be visible the entire time.

      You can’t reason people out of positions they didn’t reason themselves into.

        • @Zron@lemmy.world
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          32 years ago

          But I thought water always found its level, that’s why they think water will just flow off a round earth because they fundamentally do not understand gravity or basic, high school, physics.

    • @STUPIDVIPGUY@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      They also point out that passenger aircraft don’t fly above 60,000ft, only to ignore footage from other types of aircraft ascending above the stratosphere and clearly showing the globe

      They’re just lying to themselves, doing mental gymnastics, or whatever you wanna call it. Thus no point in arguing with them

    • Tb0n3
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      32 years ago

      I mean, technically you cannot descern a curve until you’re very high up but that’s primarily because the earth is so god damn huge and our eyes are not scientific equipment.