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Old Apr 4, 2009, 10:46 AM
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do parallel lines ever meet?
OKay, consider this:

If 2 parallel lines fall into a black hole, will the meet (or intersect)? Since black hole squeeze space and time together, I think that the parallel line will eventually meet.

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parallel lines must be located in the same plane. the earth is round...
Thanks for the correction, you're correct, parallel lines don't exist on a spherical surface, by definition.
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But the original query was about black holes, not the Earth. A whole nuther matter.
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I think the best answer is "Parallel lines don't exist because space-time is not Euclidean"

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