bloom_of_rakes@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 months agoDo straight lines and flat planes exist in nature?message-squaremessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down19
arrow-up1108arrow-down1message-squareDo straight lines and flat planes exist in nature?bloom_of_rakes@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squaresnf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-23 months agoAaaaactchhhually a frozen lake would follow the local curvature of the earth, even assuming ideal conditions and crystal formation and so on
minus-squareNeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoStill it took >12h before someone started to discuss that :)
minus-squareSizzlerlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoI’ll going to call you on that one. Surely gravity defines the surface of the lake, not local curvature.
minus-squaresnf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 months agoYeah, that’s fair. Still curved though. In my defense I had it right in my brain, the idea got garbled on its way to the keyboard
Aaaaactchhhually a frozen lake would follow the local curvature of the earth, even assuming ideal conditions and crystal formation and so on
Still it took >12h before someone started to discuss that :)
I’ll going to call you on that one. Surely gravity defines the surface of the lake, not local curvature.
Yeah, that’s fair. Still curved though. In my defense I had it right in my brain, the idea got garbled on its way to the keyboard