Paul Mecurio
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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And I fell asleep. It was really boring. That was weird. Why would you write that, David? I'm the guy who wakes everyone up. No, you're the best, man. You're the best. I recently watched a side channel with Hakeem. It was about gravitational waves. Just wondering, can they also alter time? If a huge collision occurred near our solar system, how would we feel them?
And I fell asleep. It was really boring. That was weird. Why would you write that, David? I'm the guy who wakes everyone up. No, you're the best, man. You're the best. I recently watched a side channel with Hakeem. It was about gravitational waves. Just wondering, can they also alter time? If a huge collision occurred near our solar system, how would we feel them?
Would we be alive to physically notice?
Would we be alive to physically notice?
Okay. You know, I was thinking the same thing. I was not.
Okay. You know, I was thinking the same thing. I was not.
Not the stars that make the constellation. Yeah, not this constellation. And not the strain that killed millions of people.
Not the stars that make the constellation. Yeah, not this constellation. And not the strain that killed millions of people.
Wait, in this scenario, how far away from me are you when you're running by me?
Wait, in this scenario, how far away from me are you when you're running by me?
So you're like literally running here. I've never heard of this paradox.
So you're like literally running here. I've never heard of this paradox.
And the thing that you see and I see are days apart. Days apart. Because of our physical perspective.
And the thing that you see and I see are days apart. Days apart. Because of our physical perspective.
Even though you're in the same place, yeah. While we're sitting here, I'm here, you're running by, we look up at the Andromeda at the same time, and we're seeing something from the same location, essentially. We're seeing things days apart. Days apart. And that leads to the idea of what is now, and your now and my now are two different nows. There is no now. No, there is now. There's always now.
Even though you're in the same place, yeah. While we're sitting here, I'm here, you're running by, we look up at the Andromeda at the same time, and we're seeing something from the same location, essentially. We're seeing things days apart. Days apart. And that leads to the idea of what is now, and your now and my now are two different nows. There is no now. No, there is now. There's always now.
I've never gotten heckled from the left and the right at the same time.
I've never gotten heckled from the left and the right at the same time.
It was about gravitational waves, wondering can they also alter time? If a huge collision occurred near our solar system, how would we feel them? Would we be alive to physically notice?
It was about gravitational waves, wondering can they also alter time? If a huge collision occurred near our solar system, how would we feel them? Would we be alive to physically notice?