Galileans have perpetrated a massive fraud upon mankind!

Using trigonometric formulas, I calculate the distance from Los
Angeles (34N, 118W) to New York City (41N, 74W) to be 3916 km or 2433
miles.

But Galileans make the ridiculous claim that the distance between two
cities depends on the route that you take!

They say that you can NEVER drive from LA to NYC in 2433 miles. The
most direct driving route, they claim, is about 2790 miles. And they
claim that the distance from LA to NYC grows or shrinks depending on
the route you take. For instance, Galileans say that if you drive from
LA to Jacksonville, and from Jacksonville to NYC, the distance from LA
to NYC expands to 3300 miles.

THIS IS ABSOLUTE ABSURDITY. I SAY THAT THE DISTANCE FROM
LA TO NYC IS ABSOLUTELY CONSTANT AT 2433 MILES, AND THIS
DISTANCE DOES NOT GROW OR SHRINK JUST BECAUSE YOU MADE
A TURN SOMEWHERE IN YOUR TRAVELS.

Galileans make excuses, saying that there is a difference between
"driving distance" versus "great circle distance." Their lame
arguments have never made sense to me.

I've challenged Galileans on this. Can they show me a peer-reviewed
article in a major scientific journal demonstrating that the distance
between two cities changes depending on how you drive from one to the
other? Do they actually expect me to believe that the crust of the
Earth expands and contracts just because of the way that I drive, and
that different people simultaneously see the crust of the Earth
expanding and contracting differently?

Galileans always evade the issue. No Galilean has EVER shown me a
peer-reviewed scientific article measuring simultaneous expansion and
contraction of the Earth's crust as a result of different people's
driving on the highway.

They haven't shown me any such measurements to me because there aren't
any. It doesn't happen. It can't happen. It's an intrinsically stupid
concept.

I OFFER A $1000 REWARD TO ANYBODY WHO CAN CONVINCE ME
THAT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN LA AND NYC CHANGES DEPENDING
ON HOW YOU DRIVE BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES.

Minor Crank