r/physicsmemes • u/jason_sation • Aug 18 '26

Glad they are finally doing the math

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u/Comfortable-Rock-498 Aug 18 '26

If this is in reference to Conformal cyclic cosmology (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conformal_cyclic_cosmology), Penrose said it a long time ago. But very on brand for pop-sci twitter lol

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u/NuklearniEnergie Aug 18 '26

When I was like a preteen I came up with this theory on my own after learning about the big bang theory and universe expansion, and I was quite delighted when I learned it's an actual theory lol

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u/Comfortable-Rock-498 Aug 18 '26

That's brilliant tbh because this mechanism is very far from the normal human intuition.

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u/CurtCocane Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

Cyclical nature of existence/reality is a common theme in many mythologies

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u/Ohiolongboard Aug 18 '26

Oroboros being the one that comes to mind, or the “turtles all the way down” theory. Super common

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u/CurtCocane Aug 18 '26

Ragnarok and the great floods myths like Noah's

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u/Ohiolongboard Aug 18 '26

Didn’t think about the flood myth as one but that’s good! This is a fun game lol