[HN Gopher] A Subway Named Mobius (1952)
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       A Subway Named Mobius (1952)
        
       Author : oftenwrong
       Score  : 36 points
       Date   : 2021-08-11 12:01 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | Taniwha wrote:
       | I've always loved this story, I (incorrectly) remembered the
       | topologist calculating that there must always be one train
       | missing
        
       | benatkin wrote:
       | There's a movie called Moebius based on this
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       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moebius_(1996_film)
        
       | tw4hae wrote:
       | fuck your mask, fuck your vax, fuck your mandates, in general
       | fuck you
        
       | paulolc wrote:
       | I ruptured out of suspension of disbelief the moment I read "The
       | missing persons did not return. In the large, they were no longer
       | missed"... Really? No longer missed? 400 people disappear out of
       | thin air and that's it. No "Thoughts and Prayers"? No middle
       | eastern 3rd world country to wipe out of existence? Seems to me
       | like a veeeery unrealistic waste of political leverage to gain...
        
       | tapoxi wrote:
       | I guess OP was reading the same r/boston thread!
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       | What I enjoy about this story is that it imagines a world where
       | the MBTA (Boston's public transit system) was so well funded to
       | become an incredibly complex system. In reality there hasn't been
       | significant improvement since the late 80's, and Green Line
       | service to Forest Hills is still "temporarily" suspended.
        
         | rob74 wrote:
         | I was just wondering why, of all the subway systems in the
         | world, the author would pick Boston, which as far as I can see
         | in 1952 had all of 3 "real" subway lines plus the Green Line,
         | which at that time was probably still a streetcar? According to
         | Wikipedia, he didn't even have any connection to Boston...
        
           | Morizero wrote:
           | The author
           | (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Joseph_Deutsch) spent
           | some time working for Harvard (which has an MBTA subway
           | station), including as a lecturer. The story features a
           | Harvard professor whom both explains and is ensnared by the
           | anomaly. We write what we know.
        
         | Morizero wrote:
         | Thread in question:
         | https://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/p16h0z/this_fuckin_...
        
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