www.sciencenews.org/article/universe-geometry-doughnut-physics
The universe may have a complex geometry — like a doughnut
I came here to say this and happily found your comment at the top :)
Everywhere bagel
Or maybe everything and everywhere all at once?
..bagel
Well it Could have been a crueller
crueller
Is that like a really mean cruller?
Lol
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Sorry seemed fitting
Yes the universe can be a crueller place
But all this going around has me tired
Coffee?
Mmm…universe. 🤤
Currently watching the Simpsons lol
Nice. Which ep.?
It was a flashback episode. Season 13 I think
Is ‘doughnut’ now the proper terminology? Because we always called it a torus.
Doughnut is of course a layman’s term for a torus, because most folks don’t know what a torus is. The names haven’t changed
Two different names for the same shape, although donut also has food associations with the name.
Ironically, a doughnut was originally shaped like a ball (like a "nut"). The torus shape that we now associate with doughnuts came later.
Funny enough, wasn’t it done to save on dough? Sell you less for the same cost.
The technical terminology used in the topology community is that the universe is teacup shaped.
Prefer "donut"
The Simpsons predicted it again!
"Your theory of a donut-shaped universe is intriguing, Homer. I may have to steal it..."
Donuts…is there anything they can’t do?
Nope
I always imagined a sphere. It's the most perfect shape in nature.
But we're also talking about the parts of the universe we can see with current technology. I'm sure there's some mind blowing stuff out there just beyond our limits of perception.
I always imagined a sphere. It's the most perfect shape in nature.
Planetary orbits were believed to be circular for the same reason...
Some physicists think the Universe could be infinite, so there might be some incredible things beyond what we can see
so where would it end? how would it end? would there be like a fence? a sign saying everything over the fence is non-universe?
do you just end up at some point where you're looking at your own ass because the universe is on a möbius strip and you reached the point where the beginning is the non-beginning beginning?
and what's up then? or down?
the universe has to be infinite even if its contained in something because that something has to be contained in something that is also contained in something.
I think it’s possible that the Universe isn’t “in” anything, that implies there is space outside the Universe when the Universe is really the only thing that contains time and space
Very well written article this. The author Really explains things very well i feel.
But was it duplicitous? Did it say things without duplicating?
I found it to be both shallow and pedantic
"... and that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana-shaped."
My roommate who was a physics major, told me this way back in the 90s.
The Universe May have a shape like a doughnut it also may have a shape of a penis.
But it may not.
Sure, but does it have complex flavour?!
Wrong. It’s flat. /s
The doughnut is also cursed
But
You get your choice of topping
Hmmmm me hungry
hahaha
"Universe" means everything that there is, which means that the donut's hole and the area outside of the donut are also part of the universe, so it isn't donut shaped.
Pretty much
On the other hand - why would it be that shape ?
I am not a physicist, but I imagine the universe is probably the same shape no matter which hand you hold it in.
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Seems more like an everything bagel