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Here, my little Chaluminant, so we've got guest Abby here with us. It's a pleasure to be here. Thank you. This is, when this hits the public airwaves, this is Abby Denton, who was on, like, episode, what, 3.3. 3.10. So we're, through time and space. You have now guessed it on the show twice.

Oh my God.

That's actually what, uh, I have to be first. I have to take that segue of time and space, Alex.

I have to. It's too perfect. Because that's what I bring to the table today. I learned about

two interesting little thought experiments that, um, that kind of talk that kind of show

you the weirdness that time isn't really real. So have you ever heard of the Andromeda paradox?

I haven't. I legit thought you were going to say, have you ever heard of Doctor Who?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, uh, no, it sounds familiar, but I'm not, I don't know what it is.

So I'm just going to, I'm just going to paint out the picture of what this thought experiment is. So imagine you, Alex, are standing on a sidewalk out in L.A. Done. On just a random ordinary Tuesday, it doesn't really fucking matter. Got it yesterday. And then Abby walks past you heading the opposite direction toward the shop heading east.

46 miles an hour.

Yeah, exactly.

And while you Alex turn and start walking west instead, now according to Einstein's special relativity, you and Abby, if you were to both now take a moment and look toward

Andromeda and like if you had a magic camera that could show you

Andromeda in detail you would be seeing drama andromeda weeks apart even if you are right next to each other.

Why?

Because that's how relativity works.

So so abbey is walking at three miles per hour and you are, you're walking slower than her.

Okay.

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