Quote (card_sultan @ May 24 2017 04:55am)
Correct it is not getting higher in reality, just optically. ballers think it is getting physically higher and dont understand the difference between 2d side views with no perspective and actual 3 d perspective
If the water is not physically getting higher , and it optical works the exact same as things on a plane - then if the glove dont fit, you must acquit - despite you wanting to convict.
I realize i need to make things simpler - so here's a visual question even a child can answer.
http://i.imgur.com/ckcCF7X.jpgThe.. stuff is not on the same plane ._.
Consider the Earth is a globe. Therefore, the water is on more than one planes (just fit it in a diagram and you'll find out its respective height will differ at two different values for either of the two variables you insert). Next, consider your hallway. Even if we don't consider the assumption that we like to build things straight and let's assume it is indeed following the curvature of the globe (absurd, right!), the sheer size of the globe will make the length of this hallway neglible. Even if it didn't, it would follow the curvature and we'd never know since our path in that hallway will have the same point of gravity around which we curve.
Next, let me shoot down the "sun would never shrink" kind of thing. I'm not even going to argue at the level of t in hours, but let's find t in years and see the distance Earth,Sun (or Sun,Earth whichever you like) is a variable.
Now, as a proper man, I'll sport your idea of flat earth for a moment for my upcoming question. How do you explain seasons on Earth?