Jonathan_Graehl comments on Recommended reading: George Orwell on knowledge from authority - Less Wrong

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Comment author: billswift 05 August 2009 04:55:32PM *  0 points [-]

I can't think of a single conclusive piece of evidence - but thinking the earth is NOT round would require conspiracy thinking sufficient to make the "we never landed on the moon" nuts and homeopathists look rational.

Here are 3 to start:

1) Maps work in long range air and marine navigation

2) Satellite orbital information

3) Theory of gravitational "rounding" (I can't remember the correct technical name off-hand).

Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 05 August 2009 10:18:26PM 1 point [-]

I've always found the various pictures and movies of Earth from space to be pretty convincing as well.