dumdumdaadum OP t1_itpp0nu wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:17 PM

Reply to comment by wjbc in eli5 this excerpt from Theory of everything by Stephen Hawking by dumdumdaadum

This makes sense, thanks! Do you by any chance know a visual representation video or something which I can see to understand it better?

TurkeyDinner547 t1_itpsqgh wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:49 PM

Hold a basketball over your head and notice how you can't see things on top or directly above it if your looking up from the bottom.

wjbc t1_itppb51 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:19 PM

Sorry, not off hand. I know of this video starring Carl Sagan using the shadow method to prove curvature, but I would have to search for one using the Pole Star.