How pedantic are Manifolders?
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closes Oct 8
Earth is spherical.
6%
Earth is an oblate spheroid.
29%
Earth is slightly pear-shaped.
17%
Earth is a geoid.
7%
Earth is approximately a geoid.
41%

I will include a question on my upcoming survey asking, "How would you describe the shape of the Earth?" The options are:

  • Flat

  • Round (spherical)

  • Oblate spheroid

  • Approximately an oblate spheroid with slight pear-shapedness

  • Geoid

  • Approximately a geoid, but with imperfections due to surface features that don't exactly match the ideal equigeopotential surface

  • Dinosaur-shaped

  • Hyperbolic plane

  • Other

Aside from the goofy options (Flat, Dinosaur-shaped, and Hyperbolic plane) and Other, I will find the median response of the remaining options, ordered from least pedantic (spherical) to most pedantic (approximately a geoid). The least-to-most pedantic ordering is the same as the ordering of options here. If the median response is between two options, I'll resolve to both of them equally.

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