It is fun to ponder how the hydrogen from the very start is in us now, and was in comets, dinosaurs and giant trees that died long ago and gave up their elements that could be in us now. As wise people said, “You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop” and “We are a way for the universe to know itself… on this pale blue dot.”
If you don’t mind me plugging where I got it from:
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It’s the first episode of the Crash Course: The Universe. Dr. Katie Mack did a great job recontextualizing multiple scientific phenomenon.
Unfortunately a lot of physics explanations have gotten very cookie-cutter, and she managed to break free of that. I’ve only listened to kne episode so far, but the rest are in my queue
“…you’re not something that’s a result of the big bang. You’re not something that is a sort of puppet on the end of the process. You are still the process. You are the big bang, the original force of the universe, coming on as whoever you are.” - Alan Watts
“Allow yourself to fantasy that you’re 13.8 billion years old
And you’re part of this incredible ocean of happening
Instead of just this one individual
Just let yourself experience that for a second
The glorious knowledge that you are a never-ending, ever-changing flow of matter that’s temporarily manifested with the ability to express love” - Dunkin Trussel
It is fun to ponder how the hydrogen from the very start is in us now, and was in comets, dinosaurs and giant trees that died long ago and gave up their elements that could be in us now. As wise people said, “You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop” and “We are a way for the universe to know itself… on this pale blue dot.”
Almost all hydrogen in the universe was formed mere seconds after the Big Bang
And anything heavier than iron (IIRC, it’s late here) is only formed when a star dies.
The more violent the death, the heavier more exotic shit gets created, as a rule.
That’s pretty incredible to think about
If you don’t mind me plugging where I got it from:
Title
It’s the first episode of the Crash Course: The Universe. Dr. Katie Mack did a great job recontextualizing multiple scientific phenomenon.
Unfortunately a lot of physics explanations have gotten very cookie-cutter, and she managed to break free of that. I’ve only listened to kne episode so far, but the rest are in my queue
“You are the cosmos made conscious” - Brian Cox
“…you’re not something that’s a result of the big bang. You’re not something that is a sort of puppet on the end of the process. You are still the process. You are the big bang, the original force of the universe, coming on as whoever you are.” - Alan Watts
“Allow yourself to fantasy that you’re 13.8 billion years old And you’re part of this incredible ocean of happening Instead of just this one individual Just let yourself experience that for a second The glorious knowledge that you are a never-ending, ever-changing flow of matter that’s temporarily manifested with the ability to express love” - Dunkin Trussel