From: a_rod_777@yahoo.com   
      
   On Friday, March 23, 2018 at 2:15:28 PM UTC-6, litewave wrote:   
   > On Friday, March 23, 2018 at 6:28:30 PM UTC+1, a_rod_777 wrote:   
   > > On Thursday, March 22, 2018 at 1:58:19 AM UTC-6, litewave wrote:   
   >    
   > > > So you think there are circles that are not circles?   
   > >    
   > > Is a straight line a circle? No you say?   
   > > But isn't space curved? So technically any straight line is actually   
   slightly curved.   
   >    
   > Generally, you cannot have a straight line in a curved surface (except   
   certain cases, for example a vertical straight line in the surface of a   
   vertical cylinder). Our space is usually curved only a little, so what we call   
   straight lines are not    
   perfectly straight but their deviation from a straight line is negligible for   
   practical purposes.   
   >    
   > > So straight lines do not exist? Then how do we get perfect squares?   
   >    
   > They don't exist in our curved space. They can exist in flat spaces, but we   
   don't live in a flat space.   
      
   It's a matter of perspective.    
   Just like the coin is neither heads nor tails but both simultaneously.   
   Get your head out of Eric's mom's box and start thinking abstract and in   
   inter-dimensional terms.   
      
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