Light doesn’t bend, calm water is flat. CHALLENGE at a lake put a stable laser dot (firmly attached to the shore) SHOOTING onto a poster attached to a boat, k? The boat is on calm water, no waves (like early morning on a lake) If the earth is flat the laser dot will not rise above the point it was originally pointed at as the boat travels farther and farther away from the shore. If the laser rises then there is a curvature to the strait shot land/water between the boat and the laser.
Any thought on this experiment, pretty simple way to prove your theory on a lack of curvature over a large distance, hell you could sail that boat pretty far and still see a laser dot. And if the earth is flat then the laser dot will not rise above the level of where it was pointing originally.
What do you think? This would prove to me the earth is flat, as it is repeatable direct empirical evidence!
Problem?
Light bends all the time as it passes through air. That's why stars twinkle. That's why the road a mile ahead looks like water on a hot day!
How do you ensure that the laser is “parallel” to the ground and that the pointer is not adjusting the beam to contact the target thus defeating the measurement variable
A level plane, a bubble I. A tube. Making a level surface is not a difficult task, and may be done for this experiment. There are many ways to measure 90 degrees when building an experiment.
Light doesn’t bend, calm water is flat. CHALLENGE at a lake put a stable laser dot (firmly attached to the shore) SHOOTING onto a poster attached to a boat, k? The boat is on calm water, no waves (like early morning on a lake) If the earth is flat the laser dot will not rise above the point it was originally pointed at as the boat travels farther and farther away from the shore. If the laser rises then there is a curvature to the strait shot land/water between the boat and the laser. Any thought on this experiment, pretty simple way to prove your theory on a lack of curvature over a large distance, hell you could sail that boat pretty far and still see a laser dot. And if the earth is flat then the laser dot will not rise above the level of where it was pointing originally. What do you think? This would prove to me the earth is flat, as it is repeatable direct empirical evidence!
Problem? Light bends all the time as it passes through air. That's why stars twinkle. That's why the road a mile ahead looks like water on a hot day!
How do you ensure that the laser is “parallel” to the ground and that the pointer is not adjusting the beam to contact the target thus defeating the measurement variable
A level plane, a bubble I. A tube. Making a level surface is not a difficult task, and may be done for this experiment. There are many ways to measure 90 degrees when building an experiment.