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The interesting part is, however, that more than 99.99999% of the earth's population answer the question whether the earth is flat or a sphere incorrectly. The
by sazz 5y ago
The interesting part is, however, that more than 99.99999% of the earth's population answer the question whether the earth is flat or a sphere incorrectly.
The only correct answer is: "Both".
I personally find it kind of ironic that the vast majority of people who think they are on science side and "sphere" is the correct answer are also wrong.
- krapp 5y ago"When people thought the Earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the Earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the Earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the Earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together." -- Isaac Asimov The correct answer isn't "both." "The earth" in the question you're posing refers to the planet as a whole. The planet Earth is not flat as described by flat earthers, but spherical, as demonstrated by science. The earth is not a mathematically perfect sphere, but that isn't an assumption being made in the question. If it were, it would also be assumed that "flat" refers to a perfectly flat plane, which would obviously also make the answer that the earth is also flat incorrect. You probably mean the earth can appear flat in some locations from the point of view of the observer, which at best is only subjectively true and still doesn't contradict the premise that considering the earth to be spherical is scientifically invalid. You're just playing semantic games in that case, and arguing that ignorance and knowledge are equivalent due to linguistic vagueness. The science is still firmly on the side of "sphere and not flat" when the terms are used in the context commonly understood.