what if we take earth to be flat but "flat" in the sense of 'euclid-ness' like in a Manifold[1] ?
or maybe we gotta work on accepting that it may be possible for two completely different, even opposing theories, to explain similar things? (in completely different ways?)
it's just that one is easier (for some use cases) than the other one, and to fight over which is right is all wrong. I think that in the future the whole debate will be understood as an instance of the blind men and the elephant[2]
but we just don't have the mathematics (nor the philosophy...) for this. either it's not invented or it hasn't managed to become widespread
yes, that's right, I just tried to apologize for flat earth. your cue to downvote me away from sight. maybe I just want to make bridges... impossible bridges... between suckers lagging but still trying to understand and others who refuse or are unable to explain
or maybe we gotta work on accepting that it may be possible for two completely different, even opposing theories, to explain similar things? (in completely different ways?)
it's just that one is easier (for some use cases) than the other one, and to fight over which is right is all wrong. I think that in the future the whole debate will be understood as an instance of the blind men and the elephant[2]
but we just don't have the mathematics (nor the philosophy...) for this. either it's not invented or it hasn't managed to become widespread
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifold
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant
yes, that's right, I just tried to apologize for flat earth. your cue to downvote me away from sight. maybe I just want to make bridges... impossible bridges... between suckers lagging but still trying to understand and others who refuse or are unable to explain