@GabrielDuquette It would be a lot clearer in terms of Lineland (1+1 dimensional spacetime) but, whiteboard.
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Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@GabrielDuquette but you *can* comb a circle though2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @admittedlyhuman
@admittedlyhuman@GabrielDuquette 1 space + 1 time dimension gives you 2-dimensional spacetime. Like a globe with 'time' pointing south.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@GabrielDuquette ok I had thought that a 4-sphere was only 1 more than a regular sphere, somehow I have gotten confused2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @admittedlyhuman
@admittedlyhuman@GabrielDuquette An n-sphere (or generally n-manifold) is one where a tiny piece of it looks like regular Euclidean n-space1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@GabrielDuquette so why aren't we on a 3-sphere then?4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@admittedlyhuman @GabrielDuquette If you cut a slice out of an n-sphere you can get an n-1 sphere. Other things can happen too though.
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