[WikiEN-l] Re: Re: Example vs. Original research

[Ray Saintonge]

Phil Boswell wrote:

>"Alphax" <alphasigmax at gmail.com> wrote 
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>>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 
>>;)
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>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?
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It could be worse.   We could be living on the surface of a golf ball. :-)

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