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== Worldhoppers ==
Some people who are aware of the broader cosmere have learned how to travel between planets and are known as worldhoppers. Since space in the Cognitive Realm is linked to how people think about that region, most of outer space is extremely compressed in the Cognitive Realm.{{wob ref|1392}} Therefore, if one could shift from the Physical to the Cognitive Realm, they could quickly travel between planets. The most common method for transfer to the Cognitive Realm is by going through a [[perpendicularity]], though it is also possible with the [[Surgebinding#Transportation|Surge of Transportation]].{{wob ref|1525}} Travel is also possible through the Physical Realm, though it takes a long time without faster-than-light travel,{{wob ref|12901}} which all planets could develop, though [[Scadrial]] is expected to take the lead on.{{wob ref|14788}}{{wob ref|3453}}{{wob ref|3912}} It may also be possible to worldhop using the Spiritual Realm.{{wob ref|9307}}{{wob ref|13110}}
In total, the number of people traveling between planets probably numbers somewhere in the thousands.{{wob ref|9501}} Some of these people are involved in the broader events of the cosmere, but many just want to immigrate to another planet.{{wob ref|12724}} There is no universal language that all worldhoppers speak,{{wob ref|1136}} though some can use [[Connection]] to speak local languages.{{wob ref|1021}} These worldhoppers drive a thriving interplanetary trade system that includes the trade of mundane objects from different worlds,{{book ref|sa4|29}}{{book ref|sa4|75}}{{wob ref|8650}}{{wob ref|10807}} rare items like paintings from the [[Court of the Gods]],{{book ref|sa3|102}} and at least one courier service.{{wob ref|12907}} The most important commodity, however, is Investiture, though it is difficult to transport off of its home world as it is strongly Connected to that world and its Shard.{{book ref|sa4|13}} Planets are not equally easy to access through the Cognitive Realm—Nalthis is easier to get to than most and even has customs for travelers to go through; Sel is incredibly dangerous due to the power of Devotion and Dominion being stuck in the Cognitive Realm; Roshar can be welcoming or dangerous, depending on the era; Scadrial was relatively easy to access and had a stable mercantile system before [[Kelsier]] destroyed the [[Pits of Hathsin]] and rendered [[Ruin's Perpendicularity]] unusable for transferring between the Physical and Cognitive Realms;{{wob ref|9501}}{{msh ref|2|1}} and Taldain is inaccessible as [[Autonomy]] has closed it off from the rest of the cosmere,{{au ref|Taldain}} though some of its sand has made it off-world.{{book ref|sa4|84}}{{book ref|sa3|67}}
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