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Re:Entanglement Builds Space-Time. Now "Magic" Gives It Gravity by zehaeva on Friday June 05, 2026 @01:35PM (#48415732)
It's just an analogy, you're not supposed to think too deeply about them.

The main take away for a lay person is that _like_ the mattress space is being deformed. That's where the analogy stops. Taking it further, like with all analogies, breaks the analogy.

If the analogy was a perfect one, then it would just be the reason and not an analogy.

My main gripe is how hard for most people it is to extrapolate that deformed mattress into a 3d space.

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Re:Entanglement Builds Space-Time. Now "Magic" Gives It Gravity by colordrops on Friday June 05, 2026 @05:24PM (#48418538)
I get that, I'm just wondering if there's a more effective analogy. Maybe there isn't.
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