Hello everyone,
So, if there is not curvature, it should be easy, without any confusing math or calculations, to just stand on two opposing beaches of two different countries that are hundreds of miles apart and we should still be able to achieve line of sight vision. Has this been tried before? Because this would just end the argument right there to my initial understanding. There are so many examples if you look at the map. The water separating Poland and Sweden, Egypt and Turkey. The distance between a shore in Egypt and another in Turkey can easily exceed 350 miles. Shouldn't that be more than enough to make sure that WAY more than enough curvature should be in effect? Logically, it follows that if someone stood on the shores of Turkey, and if the earth is flat, then they would indeed see the shores of Egypt using a very powerful telescope. Can someone confirm if that would be a proper experiment?
EDIT: I understand that similar experiments have been done. But I haven't yet encountered one at that scale. What I've seen so far involves math and requires people to follow along with the calculation because the numbers just kinda barely make it. But if we want to prove this beyond the shadow if doubt, why not just really increase the scale of the experiment so that it would make doing the math kinda silly?