A Round Earth can't be Flat

Well i remembered i had to make a sphere in solidworks last year and it was still on my computer, so i took three different screenshots, one showing the whole sphere, one zoomed in, and one extremely close up.  The last picture looks pretty flat to me.  Therefore a round earth can still look flat from our perspective.\

Those photos are clearly faked. Conspiracy! 

Those photos are clearly faked. Conspiracy! 

Haha, well if you look closely enough you can see the same part is open in all three pictures.  I made sure to include everything possible to make it clear those 3 pictures are of the same part.  I am not using this as evidence that the earth is round, simply that a round earth could look flat from our perspective.

Interesting.

Interesting.

I don't think you were one of the people saying that if you look closely at a sphere it can look flat, but is this good enough evidence to show that a round earth could appear flat from our perspective?

Quote from: W on September 17, 2009, 02:02:33 PM

Interesting.

I don't think you were one of the people saying that if you look closely at a sphere it can look flat, but is this good enough evidence to show that a round earth could appear flat from our perspective?

Hm, I can't help but think you are setting me up with this question.

Yes, anything looked at closely enough will appear flat, even the tip of the letter V. However, the earth is flat based on other evidence/reason, even looking at it from far away.

Quote from: loki700 on September 17, 2009, 02:04:16 PM

Quote from: W on September 17, 2009, 02:02:33 PM

Interesting.

I don't think you were one of the people saying that if you look closely at a sphere it can look flat, but is this good enough evidence to show that a round earth could appear flat from our perspective?

Hm, I can't help but think you are setting me up with this question.

Yes, anything looked at closely enough will appear flat, even the tip of the letter V. However, the earth is flat based on other evidence/reason, even looking at it from far away.

I wasn't setting you up at all, just seeing if an FEer would accept this as evidence that even though the earth looks flat from our point of view it could still be a sphere despite that fact.  I'm not claiming that you said the earth is a sphere, just that this is evidence that it's a possibility, because i have heard people say they see no curvature in the earth from their point of view, when it would look fla from our point of view.

Okay.

A sphere large enough would appear to be flat when standing on any part of it. A horizon is the curvature of the sphere.

If there was a flat earth there would be no horizon. You would just see infinitely in front of you where light touches.

A sphere large enough would appear to be flat when standing on any part of it. A horizon is the curvature of the sphere.

If there was a flat earth there would be no horizon. You would just see infinitely in front of you where light touches.

That was my point i was showing with this whole thing.

Quote from: Ambrosiah on September 17, 2009, 05:43:21 PM

A sphere large enough would appear to be flat when standing on any part of it. A horizon is the curvature of the sphere.

If there was a flat earth there would be no horizon. You would just see infinitely in front of you where light touches.

That was my point i was showing with this whole thing.

And they obviously didn't see it, unfortunately.

Quote from: loki700 on September 17, 2009, 06:59:23 PM

Quote from: Ambrosiah on September 17, 2009, 05:43:21 PM

A sphere large enough would appear to be flat when standing on any part of it. A horizon is the curvature of the sphere.

If there was a flat earth there would be no horizon. You would just see infinitely in front of you where light touches.

That was my point i was showing with this whole thing.

And they obviously didn't see it, unfortunately.

I think the majority are simply ignoring it, except for W, i've been wavering with my stance on him, but his coming in here and commenting set him right a little in my opinion.

Quote from: Ambrosiah on September 17, 2009, 07:02:48 PM

Quote from: loki700 on September 17, 2009, 06:59:23 PM

Quote from: Ambrosiah on September 17, 2009, 05:43:21 PM

A sphere large enough would appear to be flat when standing on any part of it. A horizon is the curvature of the sphere.

If there was a flat earth there would be no horizon. You would just see infinitely in front of you where light touches.

That was my point i was showing with this whole thing.

And they obviously didn't see it, unfortunately.

I think the majority are simply ignoring it, except for W, i've been wavering with my stance on him, but his coming in here and commenting set him right a little in my opinion.

I personally don't see how a flat earth can exist. It's complete nonsense.