*folds world map in half
*sticks pencil throughI honestly believe that sometimes, my genius, it generates gravity.
You youngsters with your Einstein Rosen-bridges! Always in too much of a hurry to take the scenic route!
A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it is by no means the most interesting.
-The Third Doctor, Doctor Who
It can get a few percent longer if sailing between Madagascar and the rest of Africa but Pakistan-Russia does not have the same ring to it, I guess.
Edit: source (German), they also show the longest land route (across Eurasia of course)Dude that’s awesome. How did you make these images??
I didn’t, it’s from a spiegel.de article
Today on the internet: Fun with spherical geometry.
Space-time itself is curved, therefore there is no such thing as a straight line.
Not true, as when space bends, it bends the rulers and compasses too. We experience no spatial distortion.
A person traveling near the speed of light doesn’t feel like time is slower for them (but it is and we can measure it)
The principle is equivalent.
That said, it’s not a straight line in any topology standard I am aware of.
Sure you could CREATE a topology framework where this would be considered a straight line, but there is no real world model that could come even close without so much mass being concentrated in static relative areas, and EVEN THEN it would only be straight for a predetermined instant before the mass deforming spacetime began interacting with each other.
That’s the problem with spacetime deformations, almost no layman takes into account the ridiculous amounts of static mass to make those strange topologies.
We have geodesics for that.
Your dad and I think you should start looking for a job.
I can’t legally work in my country I’m not old enough
Line that is straight in two dimensions.
I dont know much about straight lines, but he sure does look happy.
How can any line that is on the surface of a sphere be straight rather than a curve?
By defining the coordinate system as a sphere.
Basically, there are multiple right answers, but the most correct answer depends on how you define coordinates.
In “simple”, xyz it’s not a line.
In Euclidean geometry, a straight line can follow a curved surface.
In bullshit physics, everything is warped relative to spacetime so anything can or cannot be a line, but we won’t know.
Low IQ: it’s not a straight line
Medium IQ: it’s a geodesic on a sphere, so it is a straight line
High IQ: it’s not a straight line
He’s right, you know.
About the line?
About everything, damn it!
It’s a straight line through non-euclidean space
unfortunately in reality it is a curved line on a sphere
Globists will argue that on a globe this is a straight line. Seen these arguments before, don’t work on me
Nice. Be proud.
Dunno what of, but be proud anyway!
Thanks! I’m very proud of seeing the truth. Watch this short video and you will being to understand. But watch it to the end, it’s short enough
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Hmm, really makes you think…
You’ve made a believer of me.
