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[deleted] t1_j39wo3w wrote

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da90 t1_j3a00jb wrote

And not even that: the earth isn’t a Euclidean plane, not to mention surface topography!

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AnthillOmbudsman t1_j3a9tfl wrote

Also don't forget the curvature of spacetime due to gravitational forces.

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da90 t1_j3auzz9 wrote

Fun fact: the earth is a much closer to a flat plane in curved space time than it is in our Euclidean view

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AgoraiosBum t1_j3b34zt wrote

How am I even supposed to measure it if I don't know the right relative frame of reference?

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LetsTryScience t1_j3b7srz wrote

Don't worry, just as your brain crashes so will ArcGIS. Then you can stop thinking about it and grab some coffee.

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Suspicious-Cycle5967 t1_j3buma8 wrote

Yeah, magnify a ruler and it's not straight either. I feel like this is a scale / order of magnitude kind of thing

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slinger301 t1_j3e8g3g wrote

Researchers are close to developing a 4-dimensional hypercolorado.

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