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If you've ever been to the Las Vegas strip and thought, 'it won't take long to walk from Mandalay Bay to NYNY," you can make the same mistake on Earth, too. :)
by spdustin 10y ago
If you've ever been to the Las Vegas strip and thought, 'it won't take long to walk from Mandalay Bay to NYNY," you can make the same mistake on Earth, too.
:)
It's an interesting read, though, and I've also read the point you've made. I wonder if there's any mathematical approach that can solve this, or if it's one of those "only affects humans" sort of things.
- cyberferret 10y agoI've read other theories on the astronauts dilemma. One train of thought focuses on the curvature of the horizon. It was theorised that the moon (being smaller than earth) had a more pronounced horizon curve, which lead to the miscalculation of distant objects for the astronauts. I am wondering if similarly, the very imperceptible curvature of the Earth's horizon can also affect the perception of size depending on how close an object is to said horizon. If so, it means that peripheral vision may provide the brain with more cues than we realise.