How do you know, from a personal point of view, that the world's flat?

Question

And I'm not interested in scientific answers, I want to know why you believe it yourself.

Answer 1

You know it's flat because you can see the Eiffel Tower from downtown Los Angeles.

Answer 2

I once fell of the edge

Answer 3

I assume you mean "how do I know the world is not flat?".

When I stand on the sea shore I see ships disappear below the horizon.  A little while later I see them come back over the horizon.

When I talk to the people on the ship they tell me that rather than seeing the sea pouring over the edge of the world into space they actually saw more sea and a ship even further away going over the horizon (ad infinitum).

This tells me the Earth is curved not flat.

Answer 4

http://www.juliantrubin.com/bigten/erato...

Answer 5

Is the world round? yes. Is the world flat? yes. ROUND/FLAT is all relative........the world is flat where I percieve it in my imediate surroundings. I am not sliding. If I place a ball on the ground, it will not roll...........seems flat enough to me.

Answer 6

I belive it is not flat because I have no reason to doubt the people that tell me it is round. There is no rational reason why they would be purposly not telling me the truth.

Answer 7

This is the 21st century. I think it is common sense that the world is round. Even a child knows this.

Answer 8

I don't, I know it's round.  I can see things disappear bottom-first when they go over the horizon so I know they're going around a curve, and I can see the circular trails of the stars and sun in the sky.  When I go somewhere high enough or flat enough, I can see the curvature directly.

When I look out the window and I see hills and valleys, mountains and canyons.  It doesn't even *look* flat.

Answer 9

I don't, everyone knows that the Earth is Round

Answer 10

because its proved

Answer 11

world by definition of an old Webster means earth;universe

thank you, now i understand why they think the universe is shaped sort of flat. next definition people;mankind

well i guess they should look more flat than round.

when i was in school average meant average and mean meant not nice. it seems they can come up with new words or maybe new pronunciations are difficult to teach. it seems like it is getting pointlessly complicated.  

there are more definitions by why bother?