Thats because NASA thinks gravity works better on the flat earth model @Quorum

That article is explaining that the errors they found *compared to* the spherical model was small enough that they could approximate the earth is flat without too much of a problem

@smallyoda111 gravity is missing in different places on earth

were* small enough

@grvgrl yes they are saying the flat earth is justified

They’re saying they can use that approximation in their experiment. That’s kind of the thing physics does. It takes the simplest approximation it can for the problem it’s trying to solve. But that doesn’t mean the approximation is the reality

For example, if you’re trying to bake a cake, you can put in a rough cup of sugar and it doesn’t have to be to exact to get you a cake. If you’re doing a sensitive chemical reaction, you’d need to be more sure about how much you had

Cern omits gravity

Doesnt work for the standard model

https://home.cern/science/physics/standard-model

Actually research on the graviton is an active field. People don’t know if it’s massive or not or if it’s unnecessary given general relativity, but it’s not neglected

I’d be happy to answer any questions you had about gravity

What gravity?

What is gravity?

It’s an effect we experience due to the warping of spacetime caused by massive objects!

After a cursory google search (because I’ve never heard of it), it sounds like they’re arguing that gravity is actually the result of a slight charge differential, and so is actually a coulomb (electric) force. I would definitely disagree with that

Cmon please don't quote mine, they're not saying the Earth is flat or flat earth is justified, it's saying that *assuming* the earth is flat *specifically for math simplification* is easier. Each quote mine document I've seen always says they assume a flat earth purely for math.

wait til you guys hear about *assuming small angle*

@🎃Oakheart🎃 This is about your post like 5 days ago, but the reason metal doesn't melt in the thermosphere even though it's hot is because there isn't enough air to transfer the heat in the thermosphere.

Ah, like the molecules are spaced apart?

Yeah

I didn't know that for a while either

You said theyre saying flat earth is justified, but it's saying flat earth assumptions are justified

Same thing

It's not though, they only assume it for math

Globe earth assumptions not justified

Just like doing measurements down to the micrometer wouldn’t be justified for baking a cake. It doesn’t mean that a micrometer measurement wouldn’t be more accurate

Instead of saying X is assumed like its a bad thing
say you regect that premise

no one in this server can agree on anything

!mute @THE MIME

@positivity wrong

if two or more people agree on something in this server, then you're wrong. if i just i agree with one more person in this server on anything, then it blows your statement out of the water.

it was implied that positivity was talking about how the different oppositions in this server keep fighting.

but it's not technically accurate

it was common sense by what they were meaning.

i'm someone (a globe earther) in this server and there are things that people say (flat earthers) that i can agree with