For the sake of argument, let's say that planets do indeed exist. Let's say that we're at the north pole of a planet the same size and rotational speed as Earth, but with no atmosphere and with perfectly smooth terrain. If our spacecraft hovered 10 feet above the North Pole, then as we continued to hover 10 feet up, we took the shortest direct route south to the equator, I claim that by time we reached the equator, the planet's surface would be whizzing directlly underneath our craft at over 1,000 miles per hour. Do you agree, and if not, did you confirm with an AI chatbot (Claude) like I did? In other words, Claude agrees with me (true, I should doublecheck with ChatGPT also) This does relate to flat earth, because it becomes that much more essential that the atmosphere endlessly move toward the east, not just towards the center of the planet as gravity would have it. More broadly, should be interesting to see if AI helps us figure anything out as it gets more advanced, or if bias programmed into it will thwart such uses...
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THE FLAT EARTH
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The atmosphere isn’t what causes objects in flight on Earth to rotate with the Earth. Gravity is what causes this, as well as what causes the atmosphere to “stick” to and rotate with the Earth.