how does movment prove flat earth? if the op is about the shortest distance, tell me how on a round earth, straight from point a to point b in climate zones is not the easiest
im getting confused...
The good news is that it doesn't. But I'll try to explain the point is attempting to make:
Animals throughout history have adapted to become as efficient as possible. For example, birds have developed superious senses of direction (among other things) to aid them in their long migrations. The idea of
Natural Selection basically says that organisms that cannot adapt will die out.
Pongo argues that, if the Earth is indeed round, birds are
not being as efficient as possible because they fly so high in the sky when they migrate (ergo, they technically travel a longer distance than if they flew closer to the ground). However, if the Earth was flat, high-altitude migrations would be perfectly efficient. Pongo then argues that, if the Earth truly was round, Natural Selection would kill of the birds. Since birds are clearly still around, he incorrectly asserts that the Earth must be flat.
He's completely incorrect for the following reasons:
- Birds only fly .01-.1% farther by flying at higher altitudes
- Birds may very well fly at higher altitudes for reasons we don't know (e.g. riding air currents, staying in fairer weather, depending on the areas they fly over, or to avoid predators)
- The Earth is round.
Does that help?