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[–] 246 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Can't see the other side- if it's a 2 dimensional representation of a 3 dimensional object in can still be accurate because of perspective.

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  • [–] 65 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    There's a third dimension now?

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  • [–] 47 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Not really, but it's a useful assumption for lots of different types of maths.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago

    My thoughts precisely, they are just assumimg this is just a 2D circle, when in reality it's more likely to be a 3D sphere. They aren't accounting for the area of a 3D object, we don't even know the thickness of the "slices" that are flying.

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  • [–] 103 points 2 years ago

    Sphere vs circle

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  • [–] 95 points 2 years ago

    Generally explosions do in fact involve an object suddenly increasing in volume (with corresponding decrease in density)

    Said objects typically become partially gaseous, but if the rest of it is porous then it's not unusual at all for that to increase in volume also.

    Easy example: popcorn.

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  • [–] 37 points 2 years ago

    Neither does popcorn.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Why assume it started off as a sphere? Everything makes sense if it started off as an irregular blob.

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago

    I mean, its representing a 3 dimensional object, so a lot of those "areas" are actually volumes which can stack "behind" one another

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago

    Sphere looks like circle. Chop sphere in half, lay flat, looks like two circles. BOOM, Banach-Tarski!

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Only if you assume the object was round. I mean it was almost certainly meant to be round, but it could be right ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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    [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    Do you people hate the SAUCE? What sort of savagery is this?

    Here: https://ottawa.place/@MichaelPorter/113566528132723718

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    Sure it does, it's just not round.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    On a similar note, I don't know which doofus created the cancerogenic warning symbol. It's so stupid that I didn't understand it when I first saw it and thought it meant that it irritates breathing or something. Truly stupid.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    It just means the explosion had so much energy some of it was converted to mass. As you cannot determine what kind of explosion that is, this explanation cannot be disproven in general terms.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago*

    That symbol must be very triggering for Superman

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I wonder who's the artist behind the symbol

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Assumed it's a shitpost. But it isn't!! This is serious.

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    Conservation of area is not a law of nature.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Looks almost like a human heart.

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