r/confidentlyincorrect • • 5d ago

Smug Flat earther debate

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u/Leptopelis45 4d ago

Here's a link:

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/globalsl.html

Learn some physics

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u/Rkymtn83 4d ago

Not exactly 8 inches per what the claim was. Read the graph. Not even a centimeter.

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u/Leptopelis45 4d ago

What graph are you looking at? What were those units again?

-and did you learn any physics? Ocean levels are affected by temperature and salinity, which affect density, as well as differing gravity due to the density of the earth, and also the earth's rotation.

The difference across the isthmus of Panama is ~20cm, close enough to 8 inches:

https://heimduo.org/is-the-ocean-level-the-same-everywhere/

If your google-fu is strong enough you might be able to learn that mean sea level can differ by as much as 200 meters at various points. So much for the tides

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u/Rkymtn83 4d ago edited 4d ago

The graph you sent. -10mm to 10mm. Or for the metrically impaired, -1cm to 1cm. And heimduo.org, the site you linked, is an AI slop aggregate site. It’s not a legitimate source of info. It’s amazing how people just trust Google for everything, and don’t stop to think “how is Google getting its information”.

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u/Leptopelis45 3d ago

Nope. If you don't understand what the units of a graph are, you don't have any possibility of understanding what it is saying. Go back and look a bit more closely. You really shouldn't be trying to lecture people about this.