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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The entropy gradient and cosmic inflation were both ultimately caused by the big bang, sure... but in what sense is the expansion directly causing the entropy gradient?

Also, cosmic inflation isn’t evenly distributed—it mostly happens in intergalactic space. Are you saying that time is progressing more rapidly in regions where space is expanding more quickly?

[–] wizard@fedinsfw.app 0 points 2 days ago

By going from a state of higher density of energy/matter to a state of lesser density, it's a gradient much like an electrical field.

We know that time progresses at different rates due to gravitational effects, it follows that time would progress differently in more/less dense parts of the universe.

[–] FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So then when the expansion slows and the universe starts contracting (again?), will time then reverse as entropy reverses?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I'm pretty sure nobody thinks the Big Crunch is going to happen anymore, considering the expansion of the universe is accelerating.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

I sorta think its still possible. Im not 100% sold gravity is a constant on massive scales.

[–] Maiq@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago

I see time as a description of two or more objects relationship in space.