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[–] 36 points 8 months ago (1 child)

This is incredibly important to black hole astrophysics. Don't ask why

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  • [–] 26 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Topologically a dog is a sphere (assuming it keeps its mouth shut...

    Next time I want someone to stop talking, they're going to be very confused when I tell them to "become topilogically spherical."

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  • [–] 21 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I think a dog's nose has two separate nostrils that connect somewhere along the way on the inside. That's not a sphere. It's a torus.

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago

    3blue1brown just did a video on this. https://youtu.be/BHdbsHFs2P0

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    First they sphere the cows, now the dogs too?! These topologists have to stop before they turn us into spheres too

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Such a cliffhanger. So, is it possible to comb all the hairs in such a way, or is the parting impossible to remove?

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    The fabled spherical cow dog in a vacuum!

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago

    I'm now imagining a barking spherical dog which somebody then kicks and it bounces around the room like a football

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)