Quote (card_sultan @ Jan 19 2017 03:15pm)
Yes i can argue with that - according to your 2d Helio idea of perspective you are seeing the highest point on the curve of the earth, the sides of that perspective would not raise to your eye level if you were seeing the curve of the earth because there would be no earth to be visible and the horizon would be curved.
Get any actual globe (or any large ball) and a ruler and mark the point that you think is parallel to your view, then shift that ruler and look at the width so that your actually seeing the 3d perspective - does it look flat - do the sides rise up to your eyesight. Of course not, this is just classic failed Renaissance helio logic to fool you.
just utter world salad.
if you are on a sphere, you are the highest point. no part of a sphere perimeter is any farther from the center than any other. as you sit on that sphere, on ANY point of that sphere, the rest of the sphere appears flat to you as you gaze around. this isn't something you cant buzzword your way out of. even if the earth is flat this is still true, its not proof of a round earth its geometry. you continuing to use "the horizon is always flat" as "proof" shows you don't understand this. i get it, geometry is hard.
as soon as you start acknowledging some truths you'll be better off, i mean you'll realize you were wrong but be better off.
again, geometrically through perspective, on a hypothetical sphere the horizon looks flat as you turn 360 degrees. this isn't proof for or against a flat or round earth, this is a fact. your insistence on using it as counter proof just shows how little you get about geometry.
This post was edited by thesnipa on Jan 19 2017 03:23pm