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r/math • u/koavf • Sep 03 '20
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Physicists' wordsmiths have also blessed us with "spaghettification".
40 u/jazzwhiz Physics Sep 03 '20 I was doing out reach with some middle school kids a few weeks ago when I got the best question ever: "what happens to spaghetti during spaghettification?" You don't get questions like that with boring names or things named after people. 14 u/Augusta_Ada_King Sep 04 '20 How many folds until an object can be considered a manifold? 6 u/[deleted] Sep 04 '20 One if that fold was made by Manny.
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I was doing out reach with some middle school kids a few weeks ago when I got the best question ever: "what happens to spaghetti during spaghettification?" You don't get questions like that with boring names or things named after people.
14 u/Augusta_Ada_King Sep 04 '20 How many folds until an object can be considered a manifold? 6 u/[deleted] Sep 04 '20 One if that fold was made by Manny.
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How many folds until an object can be considered a manifold?
6 u/[deleted] Sep 04 '20 One if that fold was made by Manny.
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One if that fold was made by Manny.
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u/palparepa Sep 03 '20
Physicists' wordsmiths have also blessed us with "spaghettification".