Misconceptions About Space, Time & The Universe
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
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The Misunderstood Qualities of Space
Everybody gets that space is huge but trying to really wrap your head around just how huge is just not doable. The shadow of that immensity sits very heavily on science and science fiction influencing a lot of our perspectives even while at the same time nobody ever manages to truly capture the colossal nature of space and time. When opening an object whether it's our space station around Earth or Earth around the sun the nature of the mechanics involved are basically placing you in free for perpetually. Just like when an elevator starts or stops gravity isn't any way shutting off.
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