At large scales we don't necessarily intuitively have to live by the rules of say Newtonian gravity. I opened one of my books with with this statement the universe is under no obligation to make sense to you. That's what- believe me that we gave up on that a long time ago. You so Chuck stop using your damn intuition okay.
What is the shape of spacetime? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice discover the structure of the universe, spacetime geometry, and relativity with theoretical physicist at Princeton Gravity Initiative, Delilah Gates.
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