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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't understand why people are downvoting this, but up, down, left, right all depend on your frame of reference.

Up in space is nowhere, but at the same time it is everywhere. Those are not physical concepts and they require necessarily a frame of reference to even make sense.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ok. Frame of reference is half way between here and Andromeda!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That doesn't really tell me anything, haha

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Dude, North, South, East and West are not real either. Again, you need a frame of reference. Those are 100% arbitrary.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I can't tell if you're taking me seriously or not. 🤣

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I am. "Halfway" is not a frame of reference. You need to arbitrarily define what up and down is. North and South is.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why would it be arbitrary there? It's not arbitrary here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I highly encourage you to Google this question. You don't seem to understand what a frame of reference is. At least not in this context.