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1. Sotolf :arch: :vim: :terminal: (sotolf@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jan-2022 14:30:05 UTC Sotolf :arch: :vim: :terminal:

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   • dan :garuda: :kde:

   @edboythinks Brian Greene - The elegant universe, I remember really liking that book back in the day when I read it :)

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   • dan :garuda: :kde: (edboythinks@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jan-2022 14:30:10 UTC dan :garuda: :kde:

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     @sotolf in my understanding, c is actually one of the few constants that has held up across all of our observations. it's actually one of the things we cling to to drive reasoning out why things are the way they are. if we came across a situation where c was variable, that would invalidate the majority of what we know about the universe

   • Sotolf :arch: :vim: :terminal: (sotolf@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jan-2022 14:30:11 UTC Sotolf :arch: :vim: :terminal:

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     • dan :garuda: :kde:

     @edboythinks But might the speed of light be different in different parts of the universe as well? if we get to some real extreme places.

   • dan :garuda: :kde: (edboythinks@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Jan-2022 14:30:12 UTC dan :garuda: :kde:

     so apparently astrophysics dictates that nothing can go faster than the speed of light (c). it also hypothesizes that 90% of the matter in space is dark matter, and also that this dark matter is invisible

     what if dark matter is literally just regular matter that has achieved v>c and is rendered invisible as a result? why couldn't that be it?