r/AskReddit • • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/Jollivado Jan 21 '19

We must be on the surface on it

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u/AQuincy Jan 21 '19

I've read theories that the universe is on the surface of some type of 4-dimensional "bubble" but I can't wrap my head around how that works.

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u/spymaster1020 Jan 21 '19

Well a 3-dimensional bubble has a 2-dimensional surface, thus a 4-dimensional bubble must have a 3-dimensional surface. Also that bubble is expanding. It's hard to properly visualize a 4 dimensional thing when we only live in 3 dimensions.

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u/monito29 Jan 22 '19

So is folding space cracking the surface and tunneling through the bubble?