This meme shows a planning drawing of the Panama Canal, and implies that since the mean sea level on both sides of the canal is the same, the earth must be flat:
A higher resolution image of the plan is:
Is the fallacy here just that "mean sea level" is being misinterpreted? I'm trying but struggling to formulate a concise description of why this drawing does not imply a flat earth.
A higher resolution image of the plan is:
Is the fallacy here just that "mean sea level" is being misinterpreted? I'm trying but struggling to formulate a concise description of why this drawing does not imply a flat earth.