This meme shows a planning drawing of the Panama Canal, and implies that since the mean sea level on both sides of the canal is the same, the earth must be flat:
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.gab.com%2Fsystem%2Fmedia_attachments%2Ffiles%2F137%2F052%2F085%2Foriginal%2Fa8894329638c4343.jpg&hash=1afaf52977043faed1fb6e0e3fd28656)
A higher resolution image of the plan is:
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.gab.com%2Fsystem%2Fmedia_attachments%2Ffiles%2F137%2F052%2F157%2Foriginal%2F1db6f81e77d6b918.jpg&hash=20f080f8c6c60c7e548032dc5fbeaeb5)
Is the fallacy here just that "mean sea level" is being misinterpreted? I'm trying but struggling to formulate a concise description of why this drawing does not imply a flat earth.
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.gab.com%2Fsystem%2Fmedia_attachments%2Ffiles%2F137%2F052%2F085%2Foriginal%2Fa8894329638c4343.jpg&hash=1afaf52977043faed1fb6e0e3fd28656)
A higher resolution image of the plan is:
![](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.gab.com%2Fsystem%2Fmedia_attachments%2Ffiles%2F137%2F052%2F157%2Foriginal%2F1db6f81e77d6b918.jpg&hash=20f080f8c6c60c7e548032dc5fbeaeb5)
Is the fallacy here just that "mean sea level" is being misinterpreted? I'm trying but struggling to formulate a concise description of why this drawing does not imply a flat earth.