Cosmology isn't only physics, it has also (always) been a playground for thought experiments and philosophy. (Compare the rather well established field of scien

Cosmology isn't only physics, it has also (always) been a playground for thought experiments and philosophy. (Compare the rather well established field of science fiction.) But, even if it's just about physics, I'm pretty amazed how cosmology seems to mirror the current state of media, which is a cultural artefact. (E.g, we had theories like the holographic universe, the pixelated universe, etc, not to speak of the clock, quite in accordance with respective trends in media technology. In the end, this isn't really surprising, as it's always about us observing the universe, the ultimate medium.)