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Actually, there are some forms of non-Euclidian math that Daryus could use to "demonstrate" that he's right! (Or at least illustrate how the world is flat but appears to be round).
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Daryus doesn't really have to prove to anyone else that the world is flat, for him it's a matter of faith. His sacred book told him so, therefore it must be true. If it is not, then that calls into question the validity of the entire book.
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Ah, but that's merely an optical illusion caused by the air bending the light in such a way that the further up you go, the more the light bends.
No, wait. Eventually, you'd be out of the atmosphere.
It's the curvature of space! The earth merely appears curved because it's actually within curved space! Up close it looks exactly the way it should (mostly flat, but a little bumpy) but the further away you get, the more curved it appears, until eventually, it looks like a big blue ball.
Of course, all the other objects in space are flat, as well. It's just that the effect is quite pronounced since we're farther away from them than the earth, so they appear to be round, or in some cases, so tiny as to appear as points of light.
See? I've converted. Logic proves that Person X was right!
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The world is not round. Its just that your visual distance is limited, so things disseappear when they get far away. (Or somesuch other garbage). Look, it plainly states here in the book of Person X, that the world is flat: "And he created a level arena upon which all life should exist. From its formation to its death. And yea it was so".
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Crowd: We are all different! .... Man: I'm not!
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