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Q&A Where is the inside of the Tardis? Is it a world in itself? Is it part of a different world?

The Doctor's TARDIS is larger on the inside than on the outside. How can this be achieved? The conventional answer is that The TARDIS is dimensionally transcendental ... the interior exists i...

6 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by chasly from UK‭  ·  last activity 4mo ago by James McLellan‭

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Q&A How can early people prove that their planet is a cuboid?

Imagine a cuboid planet with a thick atmosphere orbiting a star similar to our Sun. The inhabitants are as intelligent as humans and recently discovered the universal laws of gravitation and motion...

4 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by user6760‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by user6760‭

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Q&A What would the periodic table of a 4-Dimensional universe look like?

In this question, I asked about a universe with (amongst other things) 4 large spatial dimensions. In 3 dimensions, we have the familiar periodic table with its familiar arrangement of atoms in th...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by Monty Wild‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Monty Wild‭

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Rigorous Science Would planets be cubic in my "cuboverse"?

Summary The main idea behind the "cuboverse" is that spacetime distances are measured by (something close to) the sup norm or infinity norm. Under this norm, spheres (the set of points at a fixed ...

10 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by pregunton‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by pregunton‭

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Q&A Consequences of a two-dimensional universe on cells and life

Suppose you have a 2+1 dimensional universe where the physics of that universe (we'll assume that the physics causes something similar to chemistry and that there is no gravity, but there is specia...

4 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by god of llamas‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by god of llamas‭

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Q&A Chemistry in two spatial dimensions?

I know that someone has asked how chemistry would be in four dimensions but I was wondering what would chemistry be like in two dimensions? From what I understand, in two dimensions, particles, ins...

4 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Anders Gustafson‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Anders Gustafson‭

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Q&A What 4D shape could best fit a looping world?

I have an idea for a world such that the world itself is like a large loop. The best way I can think to describe it is going step by step through the "loop". Imagine a planet-like object; a sphere...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Iter‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Iter‭

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Q&A How would crystals be different in hyperbolic space?

Let's say our world is set in a hyperbolic space with a curvature K of −1 per 9 square meters. How would crystals be different than those in our world (assuming that the atoms are the same as the ...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by PyRulez‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by PyRulez‭

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Q&A How does the air remain stationary in The Big Blue?

The Parachute Cities fall endlessly, ploughing their way downwards through an infinite blue sky. The Big Blue is a universe of sorts. It certainly has no bottom, but it does have a concept of "˜do...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Joe Bloggs‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Joe Bloggs‭

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Rigorous Science What if a traversable wormhole hits the earth?

So, I the question of what if a black hole hits the earth has been asked to death by various people, but what if the somewhat tamer wormhole hits the Earth? In particular, we'll say that one mouth...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by PyRulez‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by PyRulez‭

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Q&A What would physics be like in a wrap-around universe?

This question has some close votes but has been edited/clarified, and has attracted more comments and discussion over the possible answers, and the geometry has overshadowed the actual question bei...

4 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by JDługosz‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by JDługosz‭

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Q&A Infinite tube world

I'm inspired by this question and was thinking that it is nigh impossible for sun, moon and star to exist in this world and even if they do, there is no way to sun and moon to orbit and create day-...

7 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Deepak‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Deepak‭

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Q&A At what scale would negative curvature be noticeable (and a nuisance to the flat space society)?

After playing some HyperRogue, I got interested in the use of hyperbolic geometry in WorldBuilding, in particular how an area grows exponentially with respect to its radius. Let's say that the uni...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by PyRulez‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by PyRulez‭

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Q&A What would organisms be like in four physical dimensions?

In this question, I asked about a matter-filled 4-spatial-dimensional universe, with a gross structure defined by my own answer to that question. Then, in this question, I asked about what the per...

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Monty Wild‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Monty Wild‭

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Q&A Interactions with higher dimensions

I was reading Flatland, and the thought occurred to me that interaction between an n-dimensional being and a n+1+-dimensional being may not only be difficult but dangerous, that Flatland contains e...

3 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Monty Wild‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Monty Wild‭

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Q&A Does gravity converge in a wrap-around universe?

This is a follow up to What would physics be like in a wrap-around universe? PyRulez commented, "Will gravity still make sense? (Namely, will it converge or not)?" This was bantered about in the c...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by JDługosz‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by JDługosz‭

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Q&A Is there a plausible way to exchange matter between spatial dimensions?

Assuming humans live in dimension 3+1; 3 spatial dimensions, length width and height, and one dimension of time, Is it possible to move matter from our dimension 3+1 to another, such as 4+1 (addin...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Zxyrra‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Zxyrra‭

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Q&A Machines in four spatial dimensions

Assuming that we have a universe with four spatial dimensions plus time, within which atoms exist that can form solids, liquids, gases and plasmas, the compounds that can be formed having physical ...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Monty Wild‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Monty Wild‭

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Q&A Geography in a universe with 4 spatial dimensions

In my answer to my own question, Physical laws for a matter-filled universe, I detail the gross physical laws that would shape my four-spatial-dimensional matter filled universe. Given a slowly ex...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by Monty Wild‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Monty Wild‭

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Q&A Expanding your empire's space from the inside "” can it be useful?

Imagine your scientists have found a way to increase the space of your empire, literally: They are able to create an artificial inflaton field which locally creates a "space bubble" connected with ...

7 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by celtschk‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by celtschk‭