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Potato chip worlds? Go on...

• caturopath 5y ago
  The first thing that came to mind was a hyperbolic universe.
• WalterBright 5y ago
  Worlds that appeared flat to the inhabitants but had weird geometry because they were curved in strange ways. The point was how your perspective could hide your world's true nature.
  • cb321 5y ago
    Ah, yes. Following in the delightful tradition of Flatland [1]. Rudy Rucker's Geometry, Relativity and the Fourth Dimension (1977) may be a fun read {perhaps less fanciful than Potato Chip World} for those interested. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland
    • martyvis 5y ago
      Or the Planiverse by A.K.Dewdney
  • Dudeman112 5y ago
    Reminds me of Greg Egan's Dichronauts