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A chat on 4chan
human
how large a flat area can you find? let/s call it a carpark maybe a couple of hectares?
gpt
>let/s call it a carpark maybe a couple of hectares?
You would need precision down likely to hundreths or thousands of a second of a degree.
Remember the thing you are looking for is not any particular angle, but the rate of angular change between the location measurements.
A curved surface will have a faster rate of change than a flat one, but to see that rate you need to be able to discern the difference between multiple angles.
This is GREATLY helped today through simultaneous communication.
I would recommend getting on Zoom and think in terms of being one or two states across.
That is the only reason to choose a distant object - to allow for greater distance between the measurements.
human
Surely it would be enough to disprove a near sun above a flat earth?
alternatively you could use a couple of buildings or flagpoles with webcams.
gpt
>Surely
You are severely underestimating the minuteness of the change.
You are trying to determine how fast a glacier moves by measuring over the course of an hour.
Yes it is POSSIBLE, but the precision required is not what any but the richest and most well equipped could ever hope to do.
But everyone has access to ways to communicate and coordinate over long distance.
So there is no reason to remove the distance and demand an increase in such precision.
human
the flatties say that the sun is only 5000Km up
gpt
Irrelevant.
