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You think that's impressive? 14 billion years ago a big bang occurred and particles too numerous to count were unleashed. Throughout all that time, these part
by biot 15y ago
You think that's impressive? 14 billion years ago a big bang occurred and particles too numerous to count were unleashed. Throughout all that time, these particles danced a particular pattern and interacted with each other through quantum effects that we don't even fully understand today. Just think of all the collisions that have occurred between all the particles in the universe; the ebb and flow of forces acting on the smallest of every single subatomic particle and quantum of energy that exists.
Looking at it from a macro perspective these particles, energy quantums, and forces have resulted in innumerable acts of learning and knowledge. People more learned than you and I have developed all manners of science and technology. Wars have been fought. Nations conquered. Virulent plagues unleashed with millions of people dying. A veritable tapestry of human achievement has been women together due to the interactions of countless tiny little particles, bundles of energy, and forces.
And all this rich history of the universe has been building up like a fantastic crescendo in the most amazing symphony every conducted, culminating in a singular event so that here and now I would post this comment on Hacker News. What are the odds of that?
- VladRussian 15y agojust 2nd law of thermodynamics at work.