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No, that is not my argument.

My argument is that the presumption that there is a one-for-one correspondence between four-dimensional coordinates in real space and the Warp is wrong because none of those four dimensions exists in the Warp. Saying that the Warp is a "twisted mirror of realspace" is a metaphor. It explains some things well and fails in other respects. This is one of those other respects.

Manchu wrote:No, that is not my argument.

My argument is that the presumption that there is a one-for-one correspondence between four-dimensional coordinates in real space and the Warp is wrong because none of those four dimensions exists in the Warp. Saying that the Warp is a "twisted mirror of realspace" is a metaphor. It explains some things well and fails in other respects. This is one of those other respects.

It may not be one for one correspondance but there definetly is correspondence between the two realms otherwise warp travel would be completely impossible.

BluntmanDC wrote:It may not be one for one correspondance but there definetly is correspondence between the two realms otherwise warp travel would be completely impossible.

Manchu wrote:There is no one-for-one correspondence between the Warp and realspace. There is some kind of connection but how it plays out is impossible to predict (outside of being a navigator) and difficult to even imagine.