B Just a Doubt -- can the Space Time Fabric be ripped or broken?

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Hey, can the Space Time Fabric be ripped or broken?
The answer could help find the state of the universe on some aspects.
 
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No. "Fabric" is a rather poor metaphor for what general relativity describes, which is just geometry.
 
so it can't be ripped right?
 
Allen_Wolf said:
so it can't be ripped right?

Ibix said:
No.
 
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.
 

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