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The Squiggle

 

Here we have a squiggle.

Guess what happens if you take a 2D squiggle in 3D space and look at it from the side?

Oh look, it's another straight line!

I invite you to form your own conclusions about the relevancy of the fact that any 2D shape viewed in 3D space from the side is a straight line. If you get bored, here's an amusing paper: Curviness and Squigglyness -- New Paradigms in Automotive Road Theory.