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<blockquote data-quote="HoLeChit" data-source="post: 4170664" data-attributes="member: 35036"><p>Approach a large body of water and hold up a ruler to the horizon: it’s flat all the way across. What pond, lake, or sea have you ever seen where the surface of its waters curves? Not good enouh for you globe goobers? If the Earth were truly spherical, an airplane flying above it would need to constantly adjust its nose downward to avoid flying straight into space. It doesn't do that now, does it?</p><p></p><p> If, say, you flew on a plane and put a liquid level—one of those regular ol levels that you buy at the hardware store, with a capsule of liquid and an air bubble in the middle—on your tray table, the level should reveal a slight downward inclination as the plane flies around this supposed sphere. But it doesn’t: the level is level, the flight is level, the nose of the plane is level, and therefore the surface of Earth must be level. </p><p></p><p>Can you prove it isn't flat with science? No. You can't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HoLeChit, post: 4170664, member: 35036"] Approach a large body of water and hold up a ruler to the horizon: it’s flat all the way across. What pond, lake, or sea have you ever seen where the surface of its waters curves? Not good enouh for you globe goobers? If the Earth were truly spherical, an airplane flying above it would need to constantly adjust its nose downward to avoid flying straight into space. It doesn't do that now, does it? If, say, you flew on a plane and put a liquid level—one of those regular ol levels that you buy at the hardware store, with a capsule of liquid and an air bubble in the middle—on your tray table, the level should reveal a slight downward inclination as the plane flies around this supposed sphere. But it doesn’t: the level is level, the flight is level, the nose of the plane is level, and therefore the surface of Earth must be level. Can you prove it isn't flat with science? No. You can't. [/QUOTE]
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