# If the Earth were a cube

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 14, 2001, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-earth-were-a-cube/65409 "2001-05-14T13:28:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-earth-were-a-cube/65409/41 "2001-05-17T13:17:29Z")

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> \*Originally posted by RickG \*  
> I didn’t mean to imply that it was. I was talking about abstract, mathematically-ideal cubes and spheres

Yeah, I was just offering some leeway from the discussion about the mechanics of perfectly formed edges. Sorry for the nitpick.

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> _from Ring_  
> Would there be anything strange about the place?

Another point that I don’t think was mentioned yet…  
This would require a totally new understanding of planetary formations. A cube would not be explained by the local collapse of a proto-planetary disk.

Perhaps a cube planet would give Creationists more ammo in the “Watchmaker/Intelligent Design” argument. 🙂

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