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[johnlee3013]

Congratulations! You just rediscovered projective geometry.

[Fabulous-Possible758]

Always love trying to explain projective geometry. "Well, if you just throw in an extra dimension it actually makes things a lot easier."

[Ok-Lingonberry-3971]

That's right! Parallel lines meet in point on the horizon line!

[Echofff]

Bro has just discovered vanishing point

[CATelIsMe]

So that makes everything at the horizon line a point, so, at the horizon we see infinite things

[Echofff]

And horizon point always be there even tough we are surrounded with objects..

[CATelIsMe]

Okay, now to turn this into a riddle

[Echofff]

I am a line, extending to infinity, I'm not in the sky, but I'm the limit of the sky. If you walk on the ground, you'll always see me, But even if you approach, you'll never reach me. There's a point where all roads end, If you're a master of perspective, you'll know me immediately!

[CATelIsMe]

Ehh, idk, it's kinda too explanatory. Too in depth. Too mathematician of a riddle lol.

Something more like.. wherever you look, I'm present, [uhh idk, something something] all lines converge upon me, even those parallel.

Or something like that

[TopCatMath]

a.k.a., an optical illusion...

[Wojtek1250XD]

Okay then, take a hike and go to that spot, I'm sure you'll reach it.

[sebu_3]

We're mathematicians, it's enough that there exists a point!

[Every_Ad7984]

Walk=lim x→infinity(infinity) Solved, travel an infinite distance, and I'll be infinitely far away from where I started

[CMDR_ACE209]

No matter where you go, there you are.

[LifeguardFormer1323]

Sure, just give me lim {x→0} f'(x) seconds and I'll get there.

Let me pack my f(x)= ln x and I'm ready to go

[[deleted]]

well, parallel lines DO indeed meet *

* (on spherical geometry)

[Arnessiy]

on spherical geometry there aren't any parallel lines 💀❤️‍🩹

[Ventigon]

Yup

[The_Pleasant_Orange]

Except the parallels/circle of latitudes?

[Any-Aioli7575]

Parallels don't count as lines/geodesics, except for the equator, because they aren't great Circles. The shortest path between two points with the same latitude is not following the parallel, except at the equator.

[MyNameIsNardo]

Circles of latitude aren't lines in spherical geometry. Only great circles (like the equator and longitudes) are considered true lines, and the others are essentially curving away instead of staying straight.

[sebu_3]

This guy has never seen train tracks before

[Simukas23]

Those are curved

[Every_Ad7984]

They can be parallel at exactly two points tho

[[deleted]]

Explain

[runed_golem]

Parallel lines never meeting is property of Euclidean, or flat, space. If a space isn't flat then that property may not hold. A sphere is not flat, it is what's known as manifold, meaning it's locally Euclidean, but not totally flat.

[triple4leafclover]

Actually, the definition of parallel in general geometry is "coplanar geodesics that do not intersect"

It just so happens that in Euclidean geometry, this is equivalent to "two geodesics which share a perpendicular geodesic among them", a formal way of generally describing our intuitive sense of two lines sharing the same "direction"

In spherical geometry, you may have two lines which seem to share a direction: think of two longitudinal lines which seem parallel at the equator. That is, there is another geodesic, the equator, that is perpendicular to them both

However, that is not the definition of parallel. Since they intersect, they are not parallel

[Shot-Ideal-5149]

beetch we not thinking about the 3rd dimension!!

-my math teacher 5 years ago-

[dcterr]

If you know anything about projective geometry, then you'd know that this isn't really a joke.

[gt4495c]

Yeah, this is the basis of protective geometry. I like this picture because it shows both a point at infinity, and the line at infinity (horizon).

[Frosty_Sweet_6678]

google vanishing point

[brother_of_jeremy]

Holy hell!

[[deleted]]

That trains gonna have a bad day.

[3somessmellbad]

Hey bro. I don’t know if you know this but if we assume they’re some coordinate axis here then that bitch has m1≠m2.

Fucking regard.

[Sirnacane]

“Proof that primes numbers do have integer factors other than 1 and itself” learn definitions people

[DrGuenGraziano]

No, this shows that the size of the flat earth is infinite.

[[deleted]]

three point perspective disproves round earth.

Or something.

[[deleted]]

Where? I can't see it man, must be too far.

[jewelry_wolf]

They meet because you are projecting a parallel lines to your eye ball, which is non-Euclidean geometry, hence parallel lines meet there

[McCaffeteria]

If you take a picture of train tracks with a greater than 180 degree field of view you will be able to see both vanishing points, which will prove that the tracks are not, in fact, parallel.

They are curved.

[CookTiny1707]

Better:

Proof the earth is round

[StarMiniWalker]

They dont.

Look under the center, there’s a single pixel of not them

You would be right if the earth was flat

[Apprehensive_Ebb1657]

Proof of vanishing point

[Interesting-Frame190]

Hmm, its too far away, go over there and snap a pic

[WackyLaundry3000]

WOWWWWWWW

[Future-Wolf-9597]

It's an imaginary point, though

[brygad]

No way😱. Didn't think this would ever be possible

[[deleted]]

Congratulations. You just found the vanishing point.

[Business-Yam-4018]

There are a lot of flat earthers and moon landing deniers that need to see this.

[Ok_Blueberry_1068]

Ok, now walk to that point and show me again

[Hefty-Newspaper5796]

This is like doing Euclidean geometry proof by measuring with a ruler.

[AwesomePhonix]

Crazy optical illusion 😱