I LEARNT DURING MY SCHOOLING THAT THE EARTH WAS ROUND AND A PERFECT SPHERE.THEY SUPPORT THE STATEMENT GIVING SOME EXPLANATION ON 'VISIBILITY OF SHIPS','TIDES' AND SOME STUFF BUT I STILL DOUBT THE CASE.
I AM NOT EINSTEIN OR NEWTON TO PROPOSE A STATEMENT IN RELATION TO THE SHAPE OF EARTH BUT AM JUST CONFUSED WITH THE FACT DUE TO MERE OBSERVATION OF THE WORLD AROUND.FIRSTLY A PLANET IS SPACE OBJECT AND NOT MORE THAN A POINT(DOT) IN THE INFINITE UNIVERSE.IN THIS REGARD,EVERY OBJECT TAKES FORM OF SPHERE WHEN VIEWED FROM DISTANT POSITION.THIS MUST BE THE CASE IF THE UNIVERSE IS TAKEN AS FRAME OF REFERENCE.AND THIS APPLIES TO EVERY OBJECT N SPACE,UNLESS THEY ARE VIEWED FROM CLOSE POINT.
AS WE ZOOM INTO THE EARTH IT STARTS GROWING IN SIZE AND TAKEN SOME SHAPE,A SPHERE IN THIS POSITION ALSO.AND NOT ALL SPACIAL OBJECTS FOLLOW THIS.ON FURTHER ZOOMING WE ENTER THE EARTH ITSELF AND HERE STARTS THE TROUBLE.I DONT HAVE ENOUGH LIFE TIME AND MONEY TO TRAVEL INTO SPACE JUST TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE EARTH IS SPHERICAL OR NOT AND SURELY NASA,ISRO & OTHER SPACE AGENCIES ARE NOT GOING TO FUND THE PROJECT EITHER.SO MY VIEW POINT IS FROM EARTH ITSELF.
THERE ARE HILLS AT ONE POINT,FLAT HIGHWAYS EN ROUTE,DEEP SEAS AND EVEN DESERTED SANDS,WILD FORESTS.IF THE EARTH WERE SPHERICAL THE DISTANCE FROM THE CENTRE(CORE IN TECHNICAL TERMS) TO ANY POINT ON EARTH MUST BE OF A CONSTANT FINITE NON ZERO VALUE.THIS SEEMS FINE TO ME AS LONG AS I TRAVEL ON HIGHWAY.BUT IF WE HAVE TO CLIMB A MOUNTAIN OR ENTER SEA,WE CAN OBSERVE AN INCREASE OR DECREASE IN THE DISTANCE AND THIS VIOLATES THE PROPERTY OF SPHERE.AND WHAT ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF EARTHQUAKES OR WATER POOLS...THEY WOULD NOT BE AT A SINGLE PLACE OF THE EARTH WERE SPHERICAL THIS ALSO SEEMS TO VIOLATE THE 'SPHERICAL STATEMENT'...WE MAY NOT FIND TIME TO LOOK ONTO DEEPER IDEAS OF THIS BUT LET US GIVE A LITTLE THOUGHT OVER THE MATTER AND PROVIDE ACCURATE INFO.
