From what little I know about general relativity, energy (and equivalently mass) distorts and curves spacetime due to the Einstien Field Equations. I also know "wormholes" are theoretically solutions to the field equations, that connect two points in spacetime.
However, how do these two definitions work with eachother? Energy distorts space into a fourth dimension, I understand that, but using that description, how could a wormhole "connect" those two points? The way I've seen it describes it folding over a piece of paper and poking a pencil through it - but that seems like a cop out. What's the equivalent of "folding" in physics, and does a theoretical wormhole actually fold the space?
How can two distortions in a uniform 3D space possibly connect to eachother?
