Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Hilbert Space

  You've got to be careful stacking odd geometric shapes together against the wall (where there is already an angle!) or worse, in corners.*

 You might accidentally create an impossible angle or some non-Euclidean geometry, allowing Ghu knows what sort of Lovecraftian horrors to enter our dimensions or worse, it might create a Hilbert space, into which materials, objects, or even tools, might disappear forever.

 I know this because it has already happened in my workshop.  I am fairly certain the prior owner created this Hilbert space before I even got there.

 Hilbert space, for those who haven't recently brushed up on their algebraic topology and higher math theory, is basically anyplace which is a place that isn't within the four familiar dimensions, ie; length, width, depth, and duration.

 There are a lot of Hilbert Spaces.  In fact, there is an infinite number and variety of them. Heaven is one, Hell is another. So are Wonderland, Oz, and, well, I'm digressing again because this is just about my personal one.

 There is a Hilbert space connected to my workshop, and it's a bloody thorn in my side.  It seems to be located near the corner between floor and walls because that's where I usually lose things; I'll drop some small object, I'll hear it bounce on the floor once or twice and then *FFFWWWP*... I never see it again.

 It's a bloody nuisance.

 Or I guess it could be a brownie with kleptomania.

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*caution: article contains slight exaggerations for purposes of humorous
entertainment. use of personal sense of humor advised.
some settling may have occurred during transit.

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