Phil Boswell wrote:
"Alphax" <alphasigmax(a)gmail.com>
wrote
>It should also be noted that the sphericity of the
Earth only applies on
>a macroscopic scale; the hills and valleys
don't
seem to spherical to me
;)
That's because you're working on a relatively tiny
scale. If you were
to
scale up a billiard ball (which is smooth enough
to
be a clichéd comparator)
to the size of the Earth, guess which would end up
being smoother?
It could be worse. We could be living on the
surface of a golf ball. :-)
Ec
Sphericity =/= Smoothness ?
:)
SV
This thread went from POV diputes to Flat Earth to
yeesh/OMG... in just two days. Sorry I brought it up!
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