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The line war has begun (lemmy.world)
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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 36 points 3 months ago (10 children)

Space-time itself is curved, therefore there is no such thing as a straight line.

[–] sushibowl@feddit.nl 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We have geodesics for that.

[–] Urist@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

If anyone wants to grasp the basics: here is some fun reading (leading on to some beautiful math). Changing the idea of parallelity leads to hyperbolic geometry and other fun stuff. :)

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