Can spacetime be ripped or broken?

Allen_Wolf · Mar 29, 2016

Hey, can the Space Time Fabric be ripped or broken?
The answer could help find the state of the universe on some aspects.

Ibix · Mar 29, 2016

No. "Fabric" is a rather poor metaphor for what general relativity describes, which is just geometry.

Allen_Wolf · Mar 30, 2016

so it can't be ripped right?

Vanadium 50 · Mar 30, 2016

Allen_Wolf said:

so it can't be ripped right?

Ibix said:

No.

Ibix · Mar 30, 2016

It isn't obvious what a "rip" in spacetime would even mean in terms of GR, I'm afraid. I know it sounds like a simple concept, and it is in a fabric. But spacetime isn't really very much like the rubber sheet that gets used to try to explain it.

Can spacetime be ripped or broken?

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