Have you ever noticed how some of the most famous observations are some of the most intuitive?

[gopunk]

i'm thinking of prospect theory in particular...

 

[FelixDeCat]

Someone once said the world was round...profound observation I must say.

 

[Kadarin]

<< Someone once said the world was round...profound observation I must say. >>



Not only profound, but wrong. The planet Earth is spheroid (which is quite a bit different from "round"). Depending on your definition of "world", the world may or may not be spheroid as well.

 

[zimmie6576]

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<< Someone once said the world was round...profound observation I must say. >>



Not only profound, but wrong. The planet Earth is spheroid (which is quite a bit different from "round"). Depending on your definition of "world", the world may or may not be spheroid as well. >>



Isn't the Earth an oblate spheroid?

 

[gopunk]

i always thought it was an oblique spheroid.

 

[yakko]

I am eating a sandwich.

 

[syzygy]

the earth can be flat, round, steeply inclined, and an oblate spheroid, depending on how you slice the earth surface into
quadrants of variable size. depends on the terrain. overall, while oblately spherical, you can zoom in and out to find
almost any surface shape you want, which on a particularist level proves the flat earthers have a point, albeit a very
tiny one.

 

[Spamela]

<< i always thought it was an oblique spheroid. >>



it's a prolate spheroid.

 

[yakko]

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<< i always thought it was an oblique spheroid. >>



it's a prolate spheroid. >>

Is that like a prostate spheriod?

 

[Spamela]

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<< i always thought it was an oblique spheroid. >>



it's a prolate spheroid. >>

Is that like a prostate spheriod? >>



sort of, only bigger.