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The Wormhole Hall of Shame

18 pointsby rznicoletlast Monday at 6:10 PM8 commentsview on HN

In which I expound on a very petty complaint about fictional wormholes.


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ChiperSofttoday at 9:34 PM

We never see the wormhole in Stargate, at least under SG1 canon. It's microscopic and simply used for transporting a matter stream. The ring field is a matter destabalizer and recombinator, pretty much the same thing as Star Trek transporters. Thats why radio waves can move two-way but matter is one-way.

Now if you're using Movie canon, yeah, it's broke.

Also, Marvel? Those aren't wormholes, they're magic portals.

smcamerontoday at 9:47 PM

Scott Manley has a couple of nice videos about wormholes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7e-1bRpweo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVO8nvb1o2w

The second video is about how the first video was made.

Terr_last Monday at 6:26 PM

> Schlock Mercenary [...] Gold star, A+, would archive binge again.

Seconded, and don't worry, the initial art gets a lot better over the decades. :)

LoganDarktoday at 9:51 PM

Doctor Who's Time Vortex is not a wormhole...

turtleyacht07/05/2026

Unsure where to safely step forward. The bending boundary bits look terrifying.

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sirvickstoday at 9:45 PM

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inigyou07/05/2026

I thought stargates were explicitly not wormholes. For one thing, they're one-way.

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