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S10E22 "They Saved Lisa's Brain"

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[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 39 points 6 months ago

For those curious, the donut shaped universe shown isn't what the theoretical universe model actually looks like,

What it represents is an "asteroids like" geometry of a two dimensional universe where exiting one "side" brings you to a corresponding point on the other.

The proposed donut geometry of the universe is what's called a 3-roid or 3-tauroid, which is basically the same idea as the asteroids like 2D universe but for a prism instead of a rectangle. Meaning that our ability to return to the starting point is based on the fact that we are moving along a 3-D "surface" of a 4th dimensional object, the way the Asteroids ship loops back to the start by moving across the 2-dimensional surface of a 3-D geometry.

Part of me wonders if this means that the actual boundaries of the universe are at 0+ and 0- along the W/A axis in 4-D space, and if that means that every character who has some power related to moving in 4-D space would actually just fall out of space and time if they ever tried using their abilities for real.

[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago
[-] lobut@lemmy.ca -5 points 6 months ago

I asked ChatGPT to explain it to me and it came up with this:

This description is discussing a theoretical concept where the universe is shaped like a donut, known as a "3-roid" or "3-tauroid". In this model, moving through the universe is akin to navigating a 3D surface of a 4D object, similar to how a spaceship in a 2D video game wraps around when reaching the edge of the screen. The suggestion of characters with 4D movement abilities falling out of space and time is a speculative idea based on this theoretical framework.

[-] anarchist@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 months ago

I asked my arse and it said:

ooooooooooooooouuuuuuh

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