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Re:20 Reasons We Know the Earth Is Spherical by Nadya on Thursday June 14, 2018 @03:22PM (#17314563)
>There are several well reasoned arguments that the Earth is spherical (e.g., the shadow of the Earth is curved).

That argument would prove the Earth is round - but not necessarily that it is spherical. A flat, round disc would also produce a curved shadow.

To play devil's advocate - you would also need to prove that it is Earth's shadow on the moon and not the Sun's shadow. For an example, I made an HD image in paint [0].

[0] https://vgy.me/8xRkJv.png

Re:20 Reasons We Know the Earth Is Spherical by _rpd on Thursday June 14, 2018 @03:51PM (#17314793)
> To play devil's advocate - you would also need to prove that it is Earth's shadow on the moon and not the Sun's shadow. For an example, I made an HD image in paint [0].

Very nice! A great demonstration of how difficult it is to be explicit about all our assumptions.