bloom_of_rakes@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 months agoDo straight lines and flat planes exist in nature?message-squaremessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1118
arrow-up1118message-squareDo straight lines and flat planes exist in nature?bloom_of_rakes@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squaresnf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-28 months agoAaaaactchhhually a frozen lake would follow the local curvature of the earth, even assuming ideal conditions and crystal formation and so on
minus-squareSizzler@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 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-28 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
minus-squareNeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoStill it took >12h before someone started to discuss that :)
Aaaaactchhhually a frozen lake would follow the local curvature of the earth, even assuming ideal conditions and crystal formation and so on
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
Still it took >12h before someone started to discuss that :)