On Monday, May 27, 2019 at 12:50:22 PM UTC-5, Philip Thrift wrote: > > > > On Monday, May 27, 2019 at 7:59:45 AM UTC-5, John Clark wrote: >> >> ... many centuries ago scientists stopped investigating the possibility >> that ... stars are just white pinpricks on a black celestial sphere ... >> > > >> John K Clark >> >> >> >>> >>> > Sounds a bit like the holographic principle: > > "the description of a volume of space > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space> can be thought of as encoded on a > lower dimensional boundary > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_(topology)> to the region" > > @philipthrift >
This is a case of projective space. The stars are in a sense points on a "heavenly sphere" defined by rays that go off to infinity. LC -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/72736b6d-4bdf-4ece-9e0d-5e194c5c4b02%40googlegroups.com.
