Thread: Shape of space?
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Old 28-March-2008, 05:49 AM
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Originally Posted by EvilEye View Post
It can't really be spherical, because lines around the surface of a sphere do not stay parallel. They intersect at the poles and are widest at the equator. To have this shape, the universe would have to have 2 starting points.
Please don't say it can't be spherical EvilEye. By Occam's Razor it must be spherical as the simplest possible solution. This is Q/A after all and if you want to go shooting down the big bang there is the ATM for that


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