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Flat Earth

January 28, 2019

A member of the Flat Earth Society defends herself: the Earth is only flat locally, and so is her chapter.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2019-01-28-flat-earth/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

A: "You know the earth is curved, yes?" B: "Of course! It only looks flat locally, at very small scales."

A: "THEN WHY DO YOU BELONG TO THE FLAT EARTH SOCIETY?!?" B: "But… it's only the local chapter, right?"

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Geometry › CurvatureAdvanced Math › ManifoldsCalculus › Local LinearityScience › Astronomy
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