[Harrison Bergeron]

Admit it! I was pinged to this thread because of my theory that the earth doesn't just look smaller from a distance, but that it actually shrinks in the observers private universe! You laugh now, but when I win the Pulitzer for my Nobel Prize acceptance speech, you'll brag that you knew me when! BWAHAHAHAHAHH!!!!!

[Doctor Stochastic]

Do you also believe that the moon is swapped out when you ar not looking, sort of a cosmic virtual memory?

[Nick Danger]

my theory that the earth doesn't just look smaller from a distance, but that it actually shrinks in the observers private universe!

I claim prior art. That's very similar to my "greenshift" theory, which explains why the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. It happens because your neighbor's income is expanding, receding from yours at a very high rate of speed. From your point of view, this makes everything look greener on his side.

You can prove this by sending your wife over to see their new furniture. When she re-emerges from the house, she will have turned green.