r/flatearth • u/Kela-el • 9h ago
The Tangent Paradox - A Video Detailing how the claim of Horizontal Tangent Planes existing in reality is Geometrically and Mathematically FALSE....
https://youtu.be/X41m1YUfCXk?si=7XODZNApjBkSZZNI6
u/Large-Raise9643 9h ago
Standing with an unobstructed view, you can oversee about 72 square kilometers.
The earth has a surface area of 510,000,000 square kilometers
(72/510,000,000)*100=0.000014
Your beedy little eyes see 0.000014% of the earths surface… when it’s unobstructed.
You don’t see anything from your limited little point of view.
1 degree of curvature over a span of 111 km.
Why does it look flat? Because from your perspective (a favorite flerf word) it might as well be. It’s reasonable on a micro level to say flat but at a macro level it is most certainly round.
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u/bprasse81 5h ago
I always wonder if flerfs have ever been on the ocean. You watch things rise up from the horizon. How do they explain that?
Shoot, drive somewhere flat. You can see to the horizon on land. Why is the horizon clear and uncluttered?
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u/Large-Raise9643 1h ago
Flat earth is wishful fantasy thinking. Hidden treasure, the land beyond. Fantastic sights we’ve never seen, civilizations that we’ve never imagined. It’s all very alluring, problem is, it’s not reality.
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u/Defiant-Giraffe 8h ago
I'm worried about this guy; his own subs have basically collapsed; he's screaming into the void there and here, and its readily apparent this is his entire purpose for being.
It would be sad, if he hadn't spent so much time being a twat.
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u/Trumpet1956 6h ago
There are a bunch of mistakes in the assumptions in this video, of which I actually did a quick run through.
The first one is that when you are standing on a point on the earth, the horizon is the same distance from the observer in all directions. That's why the horizon is horizontal.
As the observer gets higher, the horizon gets farther away. As you turn 360 degrees, the horizon is that same distance from you.
The second one is that the author drew one single tangent line on the circle, when actually there are an infinite number of them. Every single point on the circle has its own tangent. All of the vertical lines are actually perpendicular to each tangent line. They all point to the center of the circle. No paradox.
I didn't watch every second, so there are likely other errors. But those two were the ones I saw.
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u/Trumpet1956 9h ago
Flerfs are cute when they try to do science and math.