Oh gods can we get any more off-topic *wink* [was Re: [Python-ideas] Inconsistencies]

[Random832]

On Wed, Sep 14, 2016, at 23:12, Steve D'Aprano wrote:
> Yes it does. Even an infinitely large flat plane has a horizon almost
> identical to the actual horizon.

Your link actually doesn't support the latter claim, it goes into some
detail on why it wouldn't if it were infinitely large due to
gravitational effects on light.

Of course, the fact that the horizon is a short [in comparison to the
size of the known world] distance away *is* evidence for a round Earth.
It might "look the same", but it would contain features all the way up
to potentially the edge (anything not obstructed by subjectively taller
objects in front of it), it certainly wouldn't make sense not to see the
opposing landmass across an ocean.

> http://www.askamathematician.com/2012/08/q-if-earth-was-flat-would-there-be-the-horizon-if-so-what-would-it-look-like-if-the-earth-was-flat-and-had-infinite-area-would-that-change-the-answer/