• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    The physics are accurate.

    Space ghosts from the fourth dimension can give you physics advice by wiggling your books?

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      3 days ago

      They’re not space ghosts, they’re literally the main character interacting with the past from within a black hole, where the whole of spacetime has collapsed into a single point. As the other commenter said, this is the science fiction part.

      Physicists have said that physics as we know it break down in the singularity of a black hole. Kip Thorne signed off on their artistic license plot device of having spacetime collapse into the “tesseract.”

      Anyway, that isn’t what I was referring to when I said “the physics are accurate.” I was only referring to the parts involving the black hole and planets and tidal forces and time dilation, which were what they worked very hard on to get right.

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        1 day ago

        Theoretical Physicists have said that physics as we know it break down in the singularity of a black hole.

        There, FTFY.

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          1 day ago

          Not sure what your point is here? The words “physics as we know it breaks down” refers to how the theory no longer has anything useful to say about reality, it doesn’t mean reality breaks down.

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        2 days ago

        Kip Thorne signed off on their artistic license plot device of having spacetime collapse into the “tesseract.”

        Well, then, I guess it’s all perfectly real and believable. Next time I see a clock rattle or a bookshelf shake, I’ll know what’s up.