• SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
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    15 hours ago

    Could someone explain to a noob why the known universe is a cylinder (that even contains right angles) and why the centrepoint of the cylinder was picked to be where it is? (Is that where earth is?)

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      12 hours ago

      It’s a map of the area and is not the whole universe. A cylinder is a reasonable way to depict the local area and putting our main reference point in the middle makes sense.

  • Voyajer@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    For whatever reason this post lead me to reminisce upon the old canceled game 0x10c.