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Re:Thought experiments that fray the fabric of space-time by JumpCrisscross on Monday October 21, 2024 @07:19PM (#41909571)
> surface implies an interior, otherwise it's a just a point

Space-time is not Euclidean geometry under GR.

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Re:Thought experiments that fray the fabric of space-time by mr_toad on Monday October 21, 2024 @09:38PM (#41910341)
But it is continuous, at least until you hit or pass through the singularity.
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Re:Thought experiments that fray the fabric of space-time by JumpCrisscross on Monday October 21, 2024 @10:25PM (#41910600)
> it is continuous

We don’t know this. It has been as far as we’ve measured. But there are compelling reasons to at least consider discrete spacetime.

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