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Author: Mark EarnestMark Earnest Date: Aug 3, 2008 22:36
They say straight lines are really circles for some strange reason.
Does this really make any sense?
They say if you had a straight line and followed it, you would finally end
up where you started.
I had a similar experience when I tried to imagine the time line.
The harder I tried to imagine either cointinuations of a line, going into
infinity in both directions, the more I conceived of the infinity of each
coming together in some sort of giant loop.
So...in your view...is a straight line curved, or is it really straight?
Because if a straight line really is curved...then there must be a lot of
ironies...even in math.
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Author: Langevinger66Langevinger66 Date: Aug 3, 2008 22:44
On 4 aug, 07:36, "Mark Earnest" yahoo.com> wrote:> They say straight lines are really circles for some strange reason.
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> Does this really make any sense?
>
> They say if you had a straight line and followed it, you would finally end
> up where you started.
>
> I had a similar experience when I tried to imagine the time line.
>
> The harder I tried to imagine either cointinuations of a line, going into
> infinity in both directions, the more I conceived of the infinity of each
> coming together in some sort of giant loop.
>
> So...in your view...is a straight line curved, or is it really straight?
>
> Because if a straight line really is curved...then there must be a lot of
> ironies...even in math.
strings cubes they realy al the same
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Author: Langevinger66Langevinger66 Date: Aug 3, 2008 22:46
On 4 aug, 07:44, Langevinger66 hotmail.com> wrote:> On 4 aug, 07:36, "Mark Earnest" yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>> They say straight lines are really circles for some strange reason.
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>> Does this really make any sense?
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>> They say if you had a straight line and followed it, you would finally end
>> up where you started.
>
>> I had a similar experience when I tried to imagine the time line.
>
>> The harder I tried to imagine either cointinuations of a line, going into
>> infinity in both directions, the more I conceived of the infinity of each
>> coming together in some sort of giant loop.
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Author: BretCahillBretCahill Date: Aug 3, 2008 22:47
> They say straight lines are really circles for some strange reason.
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> Does this really make any sense?
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> They say if you had a straight line and followed it, you would finally end
> up where you started.
>
> I had a similar experience when I tried to imagine the time line.
>
> The harder I tried to imagine either cointinuations of a line, going into
> infinity in both directions, the more I conceived of the infinity of each
> coming together in some sort of giant loop.
>
> So...in your view...is a straight line curved, or is it really straight?
>
> Because if a straight line really is curved...then there must be a lot of
> ironies...even in math.
They got worse stuff than that in math.
Bret Cahill
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Author: extropy1extropy1 Date: Aug 3, 2008 22:51
On Aug 3, 10:36 pm, "Mark Earnest" yahoo.com> wrote:> They say straight lines are really circles for some strange reason.
>
> Does this really make any sense?
>
> They say if you had a straight line and followed it, you would finally end
> up where you started.
>
> I had a similar experience when I tried to imagine the time line.
>
> The harder I tried to imagine either cointinuations of a line, going into
> infinity in both directions, the more I conceived of the infinity of each
> coming together in some sort of giant loop.
>
> So...in your view...is a straight line curved, or is it really straight?
>
> Because if a straight line really is curved...then there must be a lot of
> ironies...even in math.
Curved Space and the Metric
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Author: ShrikebackShrikeback Date: Aug 4, 2008 00:00
On Aug 3, 10:36 pm, "Mark Earnest" yahoo.com> wrote:> They say straight lines are really circles for some strange reason.
They may be. It depends on the shape of spacetime.
> Does this really make any sense?
Why not?
> They say if you had a straight line and followed it, you would finally end
> up where you started.
That is certainly possible. Such a universe would be positively
curved. What would be weirder is if the universe were negatively
curved, in which case there would be more than one line parallel
to a given line through any point not on that line.
> I had a similar experience when I tried to imagine the time line.
>
> The harder I tried to imagine either cointinuations of a line, going into
> infinity in both directions, the more I conceived of the infinity of each
> coming together in some sort of giant loop.
Well, consider that you are looking back towards the big bang
no matter which direction you look in the sky. Assuming the
universe is shaped that way.
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Author: turtoniturtoni Date: Aug 4, 2008 00:31
On Aug 4, 1:36 am, "Mark Earnest" yahoo.com> wrote:> They say straight lines are really circles for some strange reason.
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> Does this really make any sense?
>
> They say if you had a straight line and followed it, you would finally end
> up where you started.
>
> I had a similar experience when I tried to imagine the time line.
>
> The harder I tried to imagine either cointinuations of a line, going into
> infinity in both directions, the more I conceived of the infinity of each
> coming together in some sort of giant loop.
>
> So...in your view...is a straight line curved, or is it really straight?
>
> Because if a straight line really is curved...then there must be a lot of
> ironies...even in math.
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Author: Langevinger66Langevinger66 Date: Aug 4, 2008 01:30
On 4 aug, 09:31, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:> On Aug 4, 1:36 am, "Mark Earnest" yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>> They say straight lines are really circles for some strange reason.
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>> Does this really make any sense?
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>> They say if you had a straight line and followed it, you would finally end
>> up where you started.
>
>> I had a similar experience when I tried to imagine the time line.
>
>> The harder I tried to imagine either cointinuations of a line, going into
>> infinity in both directions, the more I conceived of the infinity of each
>> coming together in some sort of giant loop.
> ...
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Author: Reddragonf66Reddragonf66 Date: Aug 4, 2008 01:46
On 4 aug, 10:30, Langevinger66 hotmail.com> wrote:> On 4 aug, 09:31, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:
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>>> On Aug 4, 1:36 am, "Mark Earnest" yahoo.com> wrote:>
>>> They say straight lines are really circles for some strange reason.
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>>> Does this really make any sense?
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>>> They say if you had a straight line and followed it, you would finally end
>>> up where you started.
>
>>> I had a similar experience when I tried to imagine the time line.
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>>> The harder I tried to imagine either cointinuations of a line, going into
>>> infinity in both directions, the more I conceived of the infinity of each ...
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Author: THE BORGTHE BORG Date: Aug 5, 2008 22:38
> They say straight lines are really circles for some strange reason.
>
> Does this really make any sense?
>
> They say if you had a straight line and followed it, you would finally end
> up where you started.
>
> I had a similar experience when I tried to imagine the time line.
>
> The harder I tried to imagine either cointinuations of a line, going into
> infinity in both directions, the more I conceived of the infinity of each
> coming together in some sort of giant loop.
>
> So...in your view...is a straight line curved, or is it really straight?
>
> Because if a straight line really is curved...then there must be a lot of
> ironies...even in math.
> ...
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