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> Fact: the Earth is an oblate spheroid Is that really a Fact? Or is the sphere-ness of Earth a mental artifact, a simple model used to work around humans' lim
by adolph 5y ago
> Fact: the Earth is an oblate spheroid
Is that really a Fact? Or is the sphere-ness of Earth a mental artifact, a simple model used to work around humans' limited perception of spacetime?
- krapp 5y agoIt is really a fact. It's a provable fact. It's a fact that was proven thousands of years ago. Here's a whole-ass section on Wikipedia with evidence[0]. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_Earth#Effects_and_empirical_evidence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_Earth#Effects_and_em...