Dan bites down on gravity doesn't go sideways, because he knows better than to argue with faith. Boimler believes the objectively loopy idea that gravity doesn't pull things downwards, and Dan doesn't believe that any amount of logic can penetrate a sincerely-held, spiritual misconception. Boimler's convinced. He's a convert.
But Dan's looked at the horizon and he is well-aware that it's flat. He's been in tall buildings and on boats on the ocean and on vistas in the Rockies, and the horizon has always been flat. It's been one of the few comforting constants wherever Dan's gone, like the sun rising each day. The horizon is always flat.
(He can't wait to gossip about this with Bunny, who will definitely agree with him that the Earth isn't a weird ball with magic powers that pulls things sideways and upside down.)
"Where I'm from, they only pretended to go on the moon. Pretty sure it was a scam to get folks to give their tax dollars to another government money-laundering agency. Nassuh*, I think. It must could be different on your world."
*Dan isn't aware NASA is an acronym. Or what an acronym is. Or what NASA is.
[mild conspiracy theories]
But Dan's looked at the horizon and he is well-aware that it's flat. He's been in tall buildings and on boats on the ocean and on vistas in the Rockies, and the horizon has always been flat. It's been one of the few comforting constants wherever Dan's gone, like the sun rising each day. The horizon is always flat.
(He can't wait to gossip about this with Bunny, who will definitely agree with him that the Earth isn't a weird ball with magic powers that pulls things sideways and upside down.)
"Where I'm from, they only pretended to go on the moon. Pretty sure it was a scam to get folks to give their tax dollars to another government money-laundering agency. Nassuh*, I think. It must could be different on your world."
*Dan isn't aware NASA is an acronym. Or what an acronym is. Or what NASA is.