Why is gravity visualized by putting a heavy object on a flat plane, creating the curved shape, when space is 3D?

Question

Wouldn’t it curve and pull objects in all directions?

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Answer 1

Visualizing a 2D object stretching *away* from the only two dimensions it has into another dimension is easy.

Visualizing a 3D object stretching *away* from the only three dimensions it has into another dimension is…I mean…just go ahead and try it. Good luck. I’ll get some Advil ready for your headache.