Editing 2587: For the Sake of Simplicity
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As gardening is itself an oddly mundane premise for a board game,{{Citation needed}} it is entirely possible that gardening is just a minor element of a much broader game. | As gardening is itself an oddly mundane premise for a board game,{{Citation needed}} it is entirely possible that gardening is just a minor element of a much broader game. | ||
β | The title text mentions that the space is assumed to be {{w|Euclidean_Geometry|Euclidean}}, which is what most people would assume since it corresponds to our normal experience, so this is not something that normally needs to be explained. But then it says that this isn't true in the vicinity of a Schwarzschild Orchid. An {{w|orchid}} is a type of flowering plant, which is relevant to a gardening game, but Schwarzschild refers to {{w|Karl Schwarzschild}}, a physicist who solved equations related to {{w|general relativity}}; the {{w|Schwarzschild radius}} is the boundary of a {{w|black hole}}, and spacetime is severely warped in this vicinity, so Euclidean geometry and {{w|Newton's Laws}} don't describe motion here well. | + | The title text mentions that the space is assumed to be {{w|Euclidean_Geometry|Euclidean}}, which is what most people would assume since it corresponds to our normal experience, so this is not something that normally needs to be explained. But then it says that this isn't true in the vicinity of a Schwarzschild Orchid. An {{w|orchid}} is a type of flowering plant, which is relevant to a gardening game, but Schwarzschild refers to {{w|Karl Schwarzschild}}, a physicist who solved equations related to {{w|general relativity}}; the {{w|Schwarzschild radius}} is the boundary of a {{w|black hole}}, and spacetime is severely warped in this vicinity, so Euclidean geometry and {{w|Newton's Laws}} don't describe motion here well. On the whole, the title text implies Cueball sat down to calculate the distortion of general relativity on the walking speed of an adult human, then later used these equations for an entire game mechanic (one that players can mercifully skip when there are no gardeners in proximity of Schwarzschild Orchids). |
The next comic [[2588: Party Quadrants]], also mentions complicated rules for scoring a contest. This seems somewhat related to the complicated rules of this game. | The next comic [[2588: Party Quadrants]], also mentions complicated rules for scoring a contest. This seems somewhat related to the complicated rules of this game. |