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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | This comic refers to a [http://en.allexperts.com/q/Astronomy-1360/question-black-holes-1.htm common analogy] used to explain how mass distorts space-time | + | This comic refers to a [http://en.allexperts.com/q/Astronomy-1360/question-black-holes-1.htm common analogy] used to explain how mass distorts space-time - a bowling ball resting on a sheet of rubber distorts the sheet due to its weight. Mass acts in the same way - mass results in distortion of space-time. |
| − | The next part of the original analogy explains a black hole: the slope of the sheet becomes so deep that you can't climb out from the bottom | + | The next part of the original analogy explains a black hole: the slope of the sheet becomes so deep that you can't climb out from the bottom anymore, similar to a black hole, which even light can't escape from. However, the comic subverts the analogy, and the sheet becomes a trampoline instead. |
| − | + | The line "Imagining is ''fun!''" is also an hommage to Richard P. Feynman's "Fun to Imagine" Series of Interviews. <!-- youtube video starting from v3pYRn5j7oI --> | |
| − | + | Imagining is fun, but there's [[895|always]] got to be a spoil sport. | |
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