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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

I thought it was technically a three-dimensional donut shape progressing along a sort of 4D torus that we only exist on the "surface" of?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

That's a common misconception. We actually live on the surface of a 3D bear claw progressing along a 4D cruller.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's actually turtles all the way down.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

It does sort of feel like we're in the butthole of universes, doesn't it?