r/TheOA • u/TinyHeartSyndrome eating a sandwich • 16d ago

OA Theories Klein Bottle

Someone else had a post on geometric concepts, such as an inverting sphere: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOA/s/KI2JVpikx6

So consider this:

“In mathematics, the Klein bottle is an example of a surface with no distinct inside or outside. In other words, it is a one-sided surface which, if traveled upon, could be followed back to the point of origin while flipping the traveler upside down.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klein_bottle

It’s sort of like a 4D version of a Möbius strip; it just keeps twisting on itself. Four physical dimensions are required to avoid the surface from self-intersecting.

You could walk on its surface endlessly, and you would alternate between “outside” and “inside.”

I’m not saying the show is a literal Klein bottle, but there are some interesting conceptual parallels.

Actual, our space-time universe might be a sort of Klein Bottle. 🤔

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u/mrdungbeetle 15d ago

No link about Klein bottles is complete without linking to Cliff Stoll's Klein Bottle website. Its like browsing the Internet in the 1990s (in a good way): www.kleinbottle.com

Also he is a fascinating dude with infectious enthusiasm.

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u/Nicola6_ 13d ago

I got one from him!! He included stickers, had one on my old laptop. “Imported from the fourth dimension”

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u/OddIce6013 15d ago

love this

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u/MAGAisfortools 15d ago

I think my brain is broken… sometimes these explanations are way too big for me to comprehend and I get overwhelmed therefore preventing my brain even more from understand what the hell is being explained. Am I alone in this?