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I don't even care about the meme anymore, the number of people in here that are confusing bending with warping is driving me crazy! Watch some cute animated ducks and a british guy explain bending.
edit: i forgot about einstein-rosen bridges, those ARE described as a wormhole that is created by warping spacetime, but this isn't how the warp engines in the show supposedly work.
double edit: tried to post a cute short video but it doesn't cover warp so here's a significantly more technical series of videos covering warp drive.
the number of people confusing warp with wormholes is luckily not that high, to my knowledge you are the only one here ๐
I saw at least 6 people describe star trek warp engines as "folding" space before I posted! The warp engines in star trek don't fold spacetime like a wormhole, they contract spacetime in front of the ship and expand it behind the ship. You know, warping it! I'm having trouble getting images to upload with the migration but here.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gary-Bennett-2/publication/316559378/figure/fig3/AS:883269738459137@1587599324294/Two-dimensional-visualization-of-the-Alcubierre-drive-showing-the-opposing-regions-of.png
ok, but why did you link to Wormholes Explained?
Because I couldn't find anything that explains both folding and warping in a cute 8 minute video, so I posted the one that at least explains folding, figuring people on a Star Trek forum will be smart enough to infer the difference. Here's a nearly 2 hour "intro to black holes" video as well as a collection of videos talking about warp drives if you're interested.
yeah, i am "smart enough" to infer the difference, otherwise i couldn't ask "why are you showing video that explains the wrong answer to the question discussed". that is heavily counterintuitive ๐คทโโ๏ธ
I don't mean for that to come off as rude, I was including you in the intelligent comment! Anyway, it was mostly a silly post in a silly thread about silly science fiction and this is turning into not silly fun anymore so I'ma peace out!