Earth Is Flat: A Myth Or Fact?
In my childhood I always wondered, if earth is round then why it doesn't feel like it or why we don't fall from it?
As I grew up I learned that earth is actually round — thanks to Education and Internet.
Today we will see some misconceptions about earth. And I hope by the end of the post you will have a satisfactory answer(s).
First do one thing.
See around, what you see?
A flat surface, right?
But, actually it's not flat, it just that earth is huge. Normally, our vision can't see where it takes a curve.
To see that curve, according to howitworksdaily,
You should be able to detect it from an aeroplane at a cruising height of around 10,600 metres (35,000 feet), but you need a fairly wide field of view (ie 60 degrees) and a virtually cloud-free horizon.
But in ancient times, people did not have the technology that we have today. So it was natural to assume that the world is flat. When you are on a plain, the ground looks flat in every direction. So why would you think the world is anything other than flat?
So our ancestors were not wrong, it's just that they believed what they saw.
And we believe what we saw.
Gravity is the force that is consistently pulling us and everything else to the center of earth.
Without gravity we'd all be supermans... And supercats too.
We'd pretty much live like Humans in space station where there is no gravity.
We can’t feel Earth’s rotation or spin because we’re all moving with it, at the same constant speed.
So even if you are sitting at home, you are moving at about 1,000 miles per hour.
This rotation is responsible for sun rising in the east and setting in the west.
I addressed the topic briefly in my post on the spice trade, but our ancestors were actually well aware that the world is round- they knew about it since the time of the ancient Greeks. The ancient Greek philosopher Eratosthenes actually calculated the circumference of the Earth to within 15%. The only reason we think that they believed in a Flat Earth is due to a series of feuds in history. The Protestants and Catholics began making claims that the other side believed the Earth was flat, and then some crappy 1800s English historians picked up those claims and ran with them to try and discredit religion.
Thank you for input, I am actually very bad at history 😁
You get better by learning about it, and you're already taking those steps- just keep at it!