I just think the flat-earthers should come with an alternative shape besides just saying it's flat. I guarantee you the mathematicians can prove that the Earth is round, but the flat-earthers would never be able to understand their language.
How about those surveying engineers? I bet they can prove the Earth is round!
I just think the flat-earthers should come with an alternative shape besides just saying it's flat
Sure, that's courtesy of the globe model, where everything's supposedly accounted for. We are reluctant to let go of that structure, especially when no clear alternative is available. However, and as I've said elsewhere, there's no way to determine Earth's shape without exploring more of it, which is forbidden. Nor can you know what lies beneath (or if it ever ends) if you can only drill up to a few miles. It's like living in a room your entire life and claiming to know what's outside.
I guarantee you the mathematicians can prove that the Earth is round
You can use math to fabricate/describe/make sense of any concept, but that doesn't make the concept real, and that's exactly what they did with the globe. Just think of physics engines (they're digital, intangible, but everything "makes sense", i.e., the math works out).
How about those surveying engineers?
Good question. I'd assume they know a thing or two. I don't know much about civil engineering, but I know it employs Euclidean geometry, as opposed to non-Euclidean (spheres, balls).
Either way, the more pressing question should be: why is there no curvature? Here's just one of the many videos that shows that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lLmW5Y8BFw
Question is, do you even care?
I just think the flat-earthers should come with an alternative shape besides just saying it's flat. I guarantee you the mathematicians can prove that the Earth is round, but the flat-earthers would never be able to understand their language.
How about those surveying engineers? I bet they can prove the Earth is round!
Sure, that's courtesy of the globe model, where everything's supposedly accounted for. We are reluctant to let go of that structure, especially when no clear alternative is available. However, and as I've said elsewhere, there's no way to determine Earth's shape without exploring more of it, which is forbidden. Nor can you know what lies beneath (or if it ever ends) if you can only drill up to a few miles. It's like living in a room your entire life and claiming to know what's outside.
You can use math to fabricate/describe/make sense of any concept, but that doesn't make the concept real, and that's exactly what they did with the globe. Just think of physics engines (they're digital, intangible, but everything "makes sense", i.e., the math works out).
Good question. I'd assume they know a thing or two. I don't know much about civil engineering, but I know it employs Euclidean geometry, as opposed to non-Euclidean (spheres, balls).
Either way, the more pressing question should be: why is there no curvature? Here's just one of the many videos that shows that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lLmW5Y8BFw