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Letter: Space-time's true nature is a bit baffling

Published 12 February 2025

From Denis Watkins, St Just in Roseland, Cornwall, UK

While the idea that the possible underlying structure of space-time could be to do with a strange geometric entity is fascinating, I suggest this raises another issue for many: the impossibility of comprehending the reality behind such descriptions (25 January, p 10).

Issue no. 3530 published 15 February 2025

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