• @Got_Bent
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    588 months ago

    First, the globe would have to be solid and sufficiently dense to scale.

    Then, it would have to be removed from any other significant gravitational field - such as the actual earth.

    Then, the layer of water would be as deep as about half the width of a pin.

    Then yes, it would work and the water would settle on the globe correctly.

    (I am not a scientist and have probably missed a variable or twenty in this summation)

    • @[email protected]
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      418 months ago

      You’re mostly correct, but hilariously even all that wouldn’t be good enough because water behaves differently at different scales. Surface tension would dominate in a miniature model, and the water would be trying to stick to everything in a way which oceans simply don’t do

      • VindictiveJudge
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        108 months ago

        Now I’m wondering what high surface tension oceans would look like.

        • Rhynoplaz
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          78 months ago

          How high? Like we can walk across it high?

          • VindictiveJudge
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            98 months ago

            I’m thinking where you could lay down next to the water on the beach and have the surface of the ocean slightly higher than the tip of your nose.

            • @[email protected]
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              98 months ago

              Probably absolutely terrifying, considering the water would cling to you and it might be impossible to escape the surface tension.

      • @Got_Bent
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        18 months ago

        I did think about that, but I don’t know how surface tension works. I’ll certainly take mostly correct. Not bad for an amateur who just watches physics videos for fun.

    • Flying SquidOP
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      178 months ago

      I am not a scientist

      That’s okay, neither is the person who made that Facebook meme.

      • GladiusB
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        28 months ago

        Were they a YouTube scientist?

    • ThePowerOfGeek
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      88 months ago

      You may not be a scientist, but your summary is pretty much spot-on. And it certainly makes a hell of a lot more sense than whatever horse shit the flat earth clowns are pushing.