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Originally Posted by Titortastic
That's a good point. But even high school mathematics quote that the earths curvature is 8 inches per mile squared by the distance. So if the earth is 24,901 miles in circumference the Suez Canal that stretches over 100 miles in length. At the center point of between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea would approximately be 1,666 feet above the points at either end. The Canal has no locks and does not account for any type of curvature. Also when railways were designed, they were not designed to account for the curvature of the earth. The railways are created based on a flat plane for the entirety of its length. Pilots also do not have to account for curvature when flying a plane, most say that the plane does this automatically but the level never seems to change no matter the distance.
It is quite simply natural to knee jerk reaction to anything that challenges your belief. I too made the arguments for a sphere earth and the more I looked into it the more I couldn't prove it was spherical any more than I could prove the earth is flat....but all of my research seems to imply that the earth is a flat plane and not a giant globe rotating at so many miles per hour that the sun is also moving at its own speed rotating in the galaxy at approximately 515,000 mph through space.
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Railways arnt created as a solid mile-long block of metal. Metal bends, wood bends.
Please explain time differences, why is one side of the world dark when the other is lit.
Why is there a horizon? We can only see a certain amount miles into the distance on a crystal clear day.
Why cant we see across an ocean with a telescope?
A plane flying overhead goes into the horizon. Is every plane crashing into the ground?
Why doesnt the eifel tower cast a shadow across the globe when the sun is low?
Shall i continue? Teach us if all current info is wrong. Or will u admit why you believe this?