If the water stays in the bucket then you must admit that water doesn't always find its level downward. You must also admit that water can be acted on by forces other than pressure, as you conveniently forgot to mention in your post. In this example the water finds its level in the direction of acceleration (the bottom of the bucket).
If water can be acted on by acceleration is it such a leap to accept that all the water on earth that is apparently level, is being accelerated downward by some force?
If you visualize a sphere with the direction of acceleration toward its center, instead of outward like the bucket, you can visualize a how water could bend around a sphere.
If you can't complete this simple thought experiment you may be too afraid to trust yourself.
Now you are talking centrifugal force. If water is in a container, will go to the outer wall[s] depending on how you spin it or fall out if not spun at a fast enough rate or tipped... if no container then will be flung off into space. Water does not stick to a rotating ball at any speed.
If water can stick to a bucket bottom under acceleration why can't it stick to a globe under acceleration? Obviously the direction of acceleration is not the same in these two cases, but in the case of the earth the centrifugal force is negligible and is far outweighed by the acceleration due to gravity.
Again, container vs no container. Get a ball and dip it then spin it on your finger. Even a hairy tennis ball does not retain water under spinning conditions. Plus, the centrifugal force is not negligible under the spinning globe theory- under that theory the globe must turn at over 1000 miles per hour to rotate once each day... DO THE MATH. So, where are those 1000+ mph winds?
The container was an example I used to show that water is affected by acceleration. You keep getting stuck on the direction of the acceleration. What if a stationary ball with very high mass had an acceleration pointing toward its center? Would the water stick to it then?
The centrifugal force of the earth is negligible because it's angular speed is very small. It revolves only once every 24 hours. You have confused linear speed with rotational speed. Try spinning a ball 1 revolution per day and see how much centrifugal force it has.
As for winds, that's another easy explanation if you think about it. The atmosphere is rotating with the land due to friction. Air behaves like a very thin fluid. Try putting water in a bucket and then spinning the bucket on its vertical axis... after a little while the water will be spinning with the bucket.
You keep telling telling me to do the math, but something tells me YOU haven't done the math.
It sounds like you're just afraid to trust yourself. I explained gravity is just an acceleration force, it's not magic. Earth's gravity has been measured at 9.8 m/s². You can feel the earth pushing back on your body, preventing you from traveling downward.
If you put some water in a bucket and quickly swing it around in a circle does the water find it's level and spill out or does it stay in the bucket?
If the water stays in the bucket then you must admit that water doesn't always find its level downward. You must also admit that water can be acted on by forces other than pressure, as you conveniently forgot to mention in your post. In this example the water finds its level in the direction of acceleration (the bottom of the bucket).
If water can be acted on by acceleration is it such a leap to accept that all the water on earth that is apparently level, is being accelerated downward by some force?
If you visualize a sphere with the direction of acceleration toward its center, instead of outward like the bucket, you can visualize a how water could bend around a sphere.
If you can't complete this simple thought experiment you may be too afraid to trust yourself.
Now you are talking centrifugal force. If water is in a container, will go to the outer wall[s] depending on how you spin it or fall out if not spun at a fast enough rate or tipped... if no container then will be flung off into space. Water does not stick to a rotating ball at any speed.
If water can stick to a bucket bottom under acceleration why can't it stick to a globe under acceleration? Obviously the direction of acceleration is not the same in these two cases, but in the case of the earth the centrifugal force is negligible and is far outweighed by the acceleration due to gravity.
Again, container vs no container. Get a ball and dip it then spin it on your finger. Even a hairy tennis ball does not retain water under spinning conditions. Plus, the centrifugal force is not negligible under the spinning globe theory- under that theory the globe must turn at over 1000 miles per hour to rotate once each day... DO THE MATH. So, where are those 1000+ mph winds?
The container was an example I used to show that water is affected by acceleration. You keep getting stuck on the direction of the acceleration. What if a stationary ball with very high mass had an acceleration pointing toward its center? Would the water stick to it then?
The centrifugal force of the earth is negligible because it's angular speed is very small. It revolves only once every 24 hours. You have confused linear speed with rotational speed. Try spinning a ball 1 revolution per day and see how much centrifugal force it has.
As for winds, that's another easy explanation if you think about it. The atmosphere is rotating with the land due to friction. Air behaves like a very thin fluid. Try putting water in a bucket and then spinning the bucket on its vertical axis... after a little while the water will be spinning with the bucket.
You keep telling telling me to do the math, but something tells me YOU haven't done the math.
It sounds like you're just afraid to trust yourself. I explained gravity is just an acceleration force, it's not magic. Earth's gravity has been measured at 9.8 m/s². You can feel the earth pushing back on your body, preventing you from traveling downward.