These flat earthers are getting out of hand. The shortest path is this line because the earth is curved.
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If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be 1 curve instead of zigzagging? You’re forgetting the ocean current.
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So, given that the line is the tides? currents? If they adjusted their swimming angle to make the GPS line straight, I wonder if it would affect their time or energy expended. I think it wouldn't but whatcha think?
Apparently trying to swim the straight line would mean you have to swim against the added friction of the water.
Snake line has far less friction. The energy being used to move you north and south is simply impartedto you by the environment, and while it doesn't actually make you go any faster from your source to your target trying to fight it would be a significant amount of work.
Oh, I looked up a bit more about this — apparently the woman who swam this particular recorded route is disabled. As in she cannot physically use her legs.
Really cool stuff, but it's also a little misleading — look up Sophie Etheridge for more.
Swimming against the current, I assume.
Terrifying