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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You have 8 seconds.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s just that normal gravity on earth feels exactly like being in an accelerating escalator in space. So you can’t tell the difference from the inside. Like in the elevator you can ask them, wether your still on earth or accelerating in space. Einstein used this thought experiment to develop the general theory of relativity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨stars & sharks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I just checked, Polaris is about ten times younger than sharks. The other two stars of it’s ternary star system are older, but not visible to the naked eye, so early sharks would not have been able to use them for purposes of navigation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Calling All Athiests⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes! Finally someone else who is amazed by this! It’s crazy to think, that magnetism can be understood as nothing more than a relativistic phenomenon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Big Chungus⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Really? The one in the entrance hall or the one in the whale exhibit?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨vibe check⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This would work inverted as well: “Yeah, I’m running a quick vibe check on the data to find out where the noise is coming from.”