Twelve questions for u/Eisenhorn
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You tell me. You claim that the method i presented doesn't work, so, present a method that works.
You won't because you can't.
When? Could you quote me? I think you have misunderstood.
We are still talking about the one clam that i made. Nothing has been added or changed about it. Best not to "go for another bite" until we're done chewing the food already in our mouths, don't you think?
Can't what? Can't come up with a procedure to measure the curvature of still water directly? Are you sure you aren't describing your own shortcomings?
It isn't hard to measure the surface of still water directly, and there are many ways to go about it. But you always have to measure the surface of the water in order to do it.
Are you claiming that measuring the surface curvature of water is impossible?
What point are you trying to make?
How on earth did you misunderstand my previous comment that badly? Could you please quote what you read and how you interpreted it to come to this conclusion? I was saying the opposite of that.
There are a few, but as i said - we should finish chewing the one bite before moving on to others. The main point is that the initial claim i made is correct - even though it is admittedly wild to recognize and accept.
You claimed that the link I provided did not provide a method to measure the curvature of the Earth.
Do you stand by that claim?
Let me make it very simple for you:
If there is a method to measure the curvature of the earth, it also measures the curvature of the oceans covering the earth.
So, if you agree that it is possible to measure the curvature of the Earth, you also agree that this method will measure the curvature of the oceans covering the Earth.
Do you understand what I am saying?
Exactly that.
There are many approaches, but the most practical / easiest to execute are done when the water is frozen in place.
You could use a ruler in that case, if you were crazy and/or wanted to. There are, of course many more efficient ways than that.
How long would that ruler have to be to measure the curvature of an ocean?
Are you implying that it's impossible to measure the curvature of the Earth unless the surface is perfectly smooth?
Such as?