Why would it need to be 1.2 miles deep? at that point, the floor no longer 26 feet below sea level, but 1.2 miles below.
The builders may not account for the curve, but if they are digging relative to sea level., then they never have to. If throughout the whole stretch of the canal the depth is 26 feet, then the base of it actually is curved without them even intending it to be.
water will always act due to the forces of gravity, not necessarily stay "level." It's why when you have instances of zero gravity (such as in the infamous "vomit comet" plane ride used to train astronauts), you'll see water float.
Gravity does act on bees and flies. Their wings and the muscles they use to operate them allow them to fly. If gravity didn't affect them, they wouldn't need wings.
Because the earth is spherical, water is "curved," but it's because it is settling on a curved surface where the point of gravity is in the middle. On a flat bottom surface (such as the container example you put out), the water surface will be flat.
Where are you seeing that the laser will have a 0" change in altitude?
.....height....digging depths.....are relative to the centre....so...if I move a few feet....guess what...I am still perpendicular to the surface......lol and that is related to the rotation....relative to a reference point....but....depth....is relative to the centre....not the surface point you start at........so you would curve on every step.....you understand that?
Ie....you don't dig more
.... The ground has sunk with you.....see....you cannot use this argument logically....it's a bad shitty argument.
I am not saying it's a globe...I am saying this argument is stupid and full of holes....big ones....
What you should be doing....is building a ramp that goes up.....8 inches per square mile relative to your starting point....not present point.......and then see if you need to walk up hill hahahaha.
In theory it should be flat if built perfectly (but again ...how do you ensure you have maintained a perfect ramp?) if the world is a globe.
I guess you could cut a straight line which has a known depth and apparently follows the curve....then you calculate the apparent volume and you ramp up half the cut with measured amount of filler which should be based on the so called amount of curvature needed.
Then you have a ramp and a remaining half of the cut is empty space. You should now be able to fill the remaining space with the same amount of volume of water ( assuming non porous surfacing) and then it should perfectly fill the pools space.
If the world is flat then the ramp should not be perfect and then result should be more ddirt than water and it would overflow
Why would it need to be 1.2 miles deep? at that point, the floor no longer 26 feet below sea level, but 1.2 miles below.
The builders may not account for the curve, but if they are digging relative to sea level., then they never have to. If throughout the whole stretch of the canal the depth is 26 feet, then the base of it actually is curved without them even intending it to be.
water will always act due to the forces of gravity, not necessarily stay "level." It's why when you have instances of zero gravity (such as in the infamous "vomit comet" plane ride used to train astronauts), you'll see water float.
What kind of proof would you need?
26 feet is deep enough, so 1.2 miles would be plenty deep for a canal.
Gravity acts on everything, including canals. I'm not sure what your point is...
The whole water "bending" part is a little misleading. Water is a fluid. It's not bending at all. It's filling a container.
Gravity does act on bees and flies. Their wings and the muscles they use to operate them allow them to fly. If gravity didn't affect them, they wouldn't need wings.
Because the earth is spherical, water is "curved," but it's because it is settling on a curved surface where the point of gravity is in the middle. On a flat bottom surface (such as the container example you put out), the water surface will be flat.
Where are you seeing that the laser will have a 0" change in altitude?
You don't.... understand.
.....height....digging depths.....are relative to the centre....so...if I move a few feet....guess what...I am still perpendicular to the surface......lol and that is related to the rotation....relative to a reference point....but....depth....is relative to the centre....not the surface point you start at........so you would curve on every step.....you understand that?
Ie....you don't dig more .... The ground has sunk with you.....see....you cannot use this argument logically....it's a bad shitty argument.
I am not saying it's a globe...I am saying this argument is stupid and full of holes....big ones....
What you should be doing....is building a ramp that goes up.....8 inches per square mile relative to your starting point....not present point.......and then see if you need to walk up hill hahahaha.
In theory it should be flat if built perfectly (but again ...how do you ensure you have maintained a perfect ramp?) if the world is a globe.
I guess you could cut a straight line which has a known depth and apparently follows the curve....then you calculate the apparent volume and you ramp up half the cut with measured amount of filler which should be based on the so called amount of curvature needed.
Then you have a ramp and a remaining half of the cut is empty space. You should now be able to fill the remaining space with the same amount of volume of water ( assuming non porous surfacing) and then it should perfectly fill the pools space.
If the world is flat then the ramp should not be perfect and then result should be more ddirt than water and it would overflow
I have you an actual experiment to do....how about it eh?
Wanna actually do something. Run my experiment