Re: OT: One more for the deniers

RichL wrote:
Les Cargill <lcargill@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
RS wrote:
Brannen TempleBrannen TempleOn Fri, 16 May 2008 17:31:07 -0400, Les
Cargill <lcargill@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

RichL wrote:
Stephen Cowell <scowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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Or you choose to close your eyes and put your hands over your ears.
Can the flat earthers be far behind?
The Earth *is* flat. Space is just curved.
Joke, right? I mean, that's not exactly per GR. This group is a trip.

Joke yes.

But the oblate spheroid shape of the planet is due to
GR, in how it was "constructed". An object in orbit follows a
spacetime geodesic.

My recollection is that the oblate spheriodal shape is understandable
purely in pre-relativistic physics in terms of the equilibrium shape
achieved by a rotating blob of fluid.




Right - I don't mean "why it's not a perfect sphere", just
that GR is about gravity.

--
Les Cargill
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