What if the universe looks like discarded origami

That is, folded up many times with some sharp creases, but in the end just crumpled up in a ball.

Would we be able to jump between folds? What are the properties of such a universe? If the universe in the dimensions that we know is just a crumpled ball in higher dimensions does this mean that we might travel between places that are far away in our conventional frame of reference but would be short distances in the crumpled dimension?  Would we have a choice of where to travel?  How would we map such a universe from the inside in our 3 dimensional viewpoint?

What happens at the center of such a universe? Does such a universe imply that although we have a 3 dimensional center, that there also exist centers that are in higher dimensions?  The center of a crumpled piece of paper is probably not in the same location as the center of the sheet of paper laid flat.  Does any type of energy or subatomic particle travel between folds?   Gravity?  Does this explain the spurious gravitational measurements postulated to be caused by dark matter?   What are the implications for space travel? Teleportation?  Unless you can convert yourself to an energy form that traverses folds...

Could we store energy in this other dimension? Heat? Computing?  Can we change the shape of this origami universe?  Affect its shape?  Is the shape, the very structure of our origami universe changing?  If the topology changes, then it is unfolding, folding, crumpling, ...?  In what way would the origami universe evolve?  How do non-local gravitational forces affect local galactic structures?  Can portions of the membrane pass through other portions, very unlike our familiar origami?   How many sheets are there?  Do the sheets have the same physics?

How do we determine whether a folded, membrane universe is a good model?  Or not?

Thoughts and musings on membrane universes from the net:

• Scientists predict how to detect a fourth dimension in space, Duke University, May 25, 2006
• New Theory Proposes Strong Gravity and a Universe at your Fingertips, Paul Preuss, Berkeley Lab, June 19, 2000
• Vaster view of cosmos unfolds as millennium approaches end, Tom Siegfried, The Dallas Morning News, January 1, 2000
• Folded Universe,Georgi Dvali, New York University, November 19, 1999
• The visible universe could lie on a membrane floating within a higher-dimensional space.
• Brane cosmology, Wikipedia, 2009
• Extaterrestrial Visitation: Higher Dimensions in Superstring and M-Brane Theory, ufoskeptic.org
• NOVA: The Elegant Universe