it started off as a point
and there was nothing else but the point
then gradually it began to extend
to two lines moving at different directions
the two lines continued moving further and further away from their origin
and away from each other
and then came this realisation
that these two lines could never converge anywhere else
but the point of origin
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the lines only do not converge if you work along the lines of euclidean geometry... in a world which does not conform to the rules of euclidean geometry, they might!
WHAT?
In Euclidean geometry, one assumes that everything happens on a flat surface. Thus, the points that are moving apart do so on a flat plane.
In non-Euclidean geometry, these points may move apart and yet be influenced by something else, say, gravity. Take the example of two bodies moving apart from the same origin, on Earth:
Imagine I'm walking apart from someone else, in a linear fashion, from Singapore. If we move along the same circumference (of the Earth), we might meet at the other end of the globe... say, New York. (If we're moving at roughly the same speed away from each other.) If it's along the same latitude, we might end up somewhere in Ecuador.
(Ok, I think I've taken this a bit too far.)
ok hann.. i was referrin to the EUCLIDEAN geometry
hehe i'm just crappin' man. =P
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