The World is Flat?

Question

Is it really? Thomas L. Friedman seems to believe so, and he presents a powerful argument in his book with the same name. What do you think?

Answer 1

The context he uses describes the unplanned cascade of technological and social shifts that effectively leveled the economic world, It's reference to , 'The world being flat' is metaphorical not literal!

Answer 2

The horizon is a good argument for a spherical earth.

The shape of other planets is a good argument for a spherical earth.

That all the time on some part of the earth the sun is directly over head is a good argument for a spherical earth.

Unless this Mr. Friedman is from medieval times I would say he's a nutjob.

Answer 3

It is never flat. It's an OBLATE SPHEROID.
It means that it is a rounded shape with a bulge around the equator.

Try to read this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_the_Earth

Here's a photo featuring the Earth, taken from Apollo 17:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg

hope that helps! :)

Answer 4

A famous danish writer once wrote: A stone can't fly. You can't fly. Therefor you are a stone.
Rubbish, just as Friedman.

Answer 5

No,the Earth is round.When a ship is coming,why do u see the top of the ship first not the bottom? That's why the Earth is round(sphere)

Answer 6

When I read any book, the first thing I think about is that someone wrote a book to make money and a name for himself.

Answer 7

Interestingly enough there exists in UK a 'flat-earth society'... unfortunately however, if it were true, ships etc would tend to go over the edge. Airline pilots , at night, would not have anything underneath them to land on ! !

Answer 8

That there's plenty of brain dead people in the world. The Earth is flat...LMAO!!!! Earth sits on the back of a great turtle too.

Answer 9

If the world is flat why can't we see everest?

Answer 10

the world is round there is photographic proof just go on the NASA website and there will be more proof than you need