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[-] teft@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

Maybe they’re standing on a sphere.

[-] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

flat-earthers hate this one proof.

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago

hyperbolic-earthers you mean :D

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

That would make it even less possible

[-] teft@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

How do you figure? Make a tetrahedron of the points. Form a sphere around the points. Everyone is equidistant.

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ah, I was thinking of curved space over the surface of the sphere. Right you are. No need for me to start getting non-Euclidean

this post was submitted on 16 May 2025
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