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But just thinking of the electromagnetic forces in terms of what is required from them to keep matter together in the context of that same matter effectively ex
by ivoras 7y ago
But just thinking of the electromagnetic forces in terms of what is required from them to keep matter together in the context of that same matter effectively expanding faster than the speed of light is... at best weird.
- Filligree 7y agoThe speed of expansion depends on the size of the object. Human-scale things aren't expanding at the speed of light; you need to get to larger-than-galaxy-cluster scales for that to happen. (In fact space inside galaxies isn't expanding at all, only space between galaxies. But I digress.)
- noselasd 7y agoIt's not faster than light at the scale where there's matter in the universe. Across a planet or solar system it's not measurable. It's when you measure between one side of the observable universe to the oposite side that the expansion speeds get crazy.