Whoa. Why cool, dcl. Your bio makes me want to go back and delete the word "pure" from my earlier post - but that would be wrong, I have rung that bell and it should not be unrung.

But, again, I do understand the implausiblity of the hyper-dodecahedron model. It blows my mind to think of any shape for spacetime with edges or vertices.

So, anyone, why would anyone consider such a model? What was the evidence or problem this strange shape solved?