I frequent a forum where laypeople ask questions about physics all the time, and people are often led awry because of the idea in this paragraph:
To make the ideas easier to explain, people will often tell you to imagine something more familiar, like a big flat sheet with weights on it. These pictures are good, but sometimes they make you think of new questions, and when you try to use the picture to answer the new questions, you get answers that don’t fit with each other.
The Space Doctor’s Big Idea
Einstein’s theory of general relativity, explained using only the thousand most common words in English.
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I think that was a book recommended even by Bill Gates at one point, IIRC.
Oh! that's true. Only solution is the space & time wrapping!!!
Cuzzin Wyatt, I know you might think this strange, but I agree with that picture and also think that manipulating time and space is physically possible. We may not know how to master the science of time-space continuum, but I believe that there is an answer. If there is ANYONE willing to experiment with this science, I want you all to know that I'm a willing participant.
FYI, I think we could meet our common Williams ancestor after whom you were named.