With geocentric gravity, you can have a spherical Earth. Not sure from memory when this was introduced, but probably BC.
This then raises the question of how the outer "spheres" stay up there. If gravitational force diminished at a rate higher than inverse-square (as the Strong Nuclear Force actually does), then you can handwave away most of that problem.
With this alternate physics, human-powered flight could be practical if you could only get far enough from the ground, which is a fun thing to think about.
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oh I see. you mean instead of a concentric spheres around a flat plane, we get it around a spherical earth.
yeah, raises as many questions as it answers methinks.
Truth.
"There are no natural Laws, observations are all the result of individual acts of God's Will" was the most popular model well into the Modern era, it doesn't require any maths at all.
People today who can't math and but won't believe in God have a problem if they try thinking about physics, hence our Flatties :D
All hail Gaia the Space Turtle, bearer of the Flat Earth!
