It’s still the shortest distance between two points, but your example makes “distance” ambiguous, so the answer depends on what definition you end up using.
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chisel@piefed.social 1 day agoIs a line really the shortest distance between two points if I can fold the paper and punch a pencil through it?
Klear@quokk.au 1 day ago
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 1 day ago
SHUT UP! STOP THAT RIGHT NOW!
chisel@piefed.social 1 day ago
Too late, I already had the first interdimensional handshake.
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 1 day ago
On my way to space-time 6 now. That’s 3 dimensions of space and 3 dimensions of time. Now I am all.
OpenStars@piefed.social 1 day ago
String theory says that there are up to 11 so… so there!