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[–] teft@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Maybe they’re standing on a sphere.

[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

flat-earthers hate this one proof.

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 4 points 2 months ago

hyperbolic-earthers you mean :D

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That would make it even less possible

[–] teft@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How do you figure? Make a tetrahedron of the points. Form a sphere around the points. Everyone is equidistant.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ah, I was thinking of curved space over the surface of the sphere. Right you are. No need for me to start getting non-Euclidean