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Can't argue with that logic (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] davidagain 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yes. Really. I find it hard to believe that people can see that clearly at the sea horizon, because I just don't.

Maybe it's just hazier in my part of the world, and I mainly stand or sit on the shore. The sea is very cloudy round us, whereas I know it's crystal clear on some parts of the world. But part of me still thinks you think you saw what you think you saw because I've genuinely tried to see it and can't make out the detail. Maybe it's just that most of the boats I watch to the horizon are oil tankers, and they're just not very tall compared to their length.

[–] marcos 3 points 4 months ago

Yeah, nowadays most places where people usually see ships are so polluted that they can't see them disappear. Also, ships are so large that you have to look a the details to notice them decreasing.

The same applies to the stars, people just can't see them anymore, so they never notice them rotating. People also do not navigate by the Sun anymore.

People nowadays are so disconnected from Earth that they do indeed have no problem believing it's flat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nope, I've definitely seen parts of a ship disappear. You can see the bridge and superstructure, then the upper parts of the hull, and then the whole boat. Under good conditions, you can quite clearly see the bridge, but not the rest of the vessel.

This would have been even more obvious in the age of sail.

[–] davidagain 1 points 4 months ago

This would have been even more obvious in the age of sail.

I bet it would!