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[–] 19 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The opposite even. The more imperfect the sphere the more surface area it has.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 days ago (5 children)

    Why would one assume that in the first place. The formula is meant for a perfect sphere. A perfect sphere has the lowest surface area possible for a spheroid. Any imperfection adds surface area.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    There was a fallacious explanation for this floating around a long time ago basically starting with a triangle and adding sides to the polygon 1 at a time, making the claim that it gets closer to being a circle each time but never actually becomes a perfect circle. It then made the claim that a perfect circle, therefore, is a polygon with infinite sides and as a result has infinite surface area. If someone is just... really gullible, gave it zero actual thought, and hasn't taken middle school level math, it could have been convincing.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago

    Slopini says it so I need to double check

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