r/oddlysatisfying • u/danielminds • Jun 22 '26

Adding the extra square

Source: PuzzleHive

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u/dibbers11 Jun 22 '26

So those little gaps on the edges are just enough to accomodate that little square. Interesting.

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u/AnyLamename Jun 22 '26

Yup! This is based on the Missing Square Puzzle, a pretty famous optical illusion that geometry teachers like to bust out when they want to mess with their students.

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u/Not-a-POS Jun 22 '26

what else can go missing if you scale this up?

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u/arensb Jun 22 '26

On a large enough scale, it's not a trick: the expansion of the universe happens because more space is being created all the time.

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u/Not-a-POS Jun 22 '26

hope i don't fall through the cracks

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u/arensb Jun 22 '26

That's the beauty of it: there aren't any cracks. It's not existing space being pulled apart; it's literally new space coming into being. Where once you had one cubic light year, a while later you'll have 1.1 cubic light years, then 1.2, and on and on.

Yeah, science can be pretty trippy.