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S10E22 "They Saved Lisa's Brain"

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Since it’s useless to post links like this without an AI summary:

Physicists report the possibility of the universe having a complex, doughnut-like geometry, challenging the belief in its trivial topology.

Topology

The universe may have nontrivial topology, similar to a doughnut, allowing for travel across the cosmos and ending up back where you started.

Research

Scientists have searched for signs of complex topology in the cosmic microwave background, but have not found evidence yet.

New Study

A new study evaluated 17 possible nontrivial topologies for the cosmos, finding that most of these topologies have not been ruled out.

Future Analysis

Future analyses of the cosmic microwave background could reveal hints of complex topologies, and machine learning techniques may be required for computational challenges.

Motivation

There is motivation to look for nontrivial topology as some features of the cosmic microwave background hint at asymmetry, which could be explained by nontrivial topology.

Further Research

Scientists plan to hunt for signs of nontrivial topology in upcoming data from surveys of the distribution of galaxies in the cosmos.

[–] sus 13 points 6 months ago

this summary doesn't have some information that is pretty critical if you want to compare it to the meme

Searches for that simple 3-torus have come up empty. But scientists haven’t yet searched for some 3-torus variations. For example, the sides of the cube might be twisted relative to one another. In such a universe, exiting the top of the cube would bring you back to the bottom, but rotated by, for example, 180 degrees.

So to ruin thine dreams, a summary:

Season 10 was in 1998

A "donut-shaped" universe (3-torus) was proposed in 1984 (the paper also points out it's the simplest finite 3d topology, so it's probably been considered even earlier)

This article talks about more complicated "donut shapes" that haven't been ruled out before