Are we growing?
October 6, 2014 at 7:01 pm
(This post was last modified: October 6, 2014 at 7:03 pm by g0sU.)
Hi,
this afternoon a weird question came to mind.
As most of you know, our universe is expanding at an ever increasing rate. However, this doesn´t mean there are new parts of space added to the existing one, rather that the existing space is "stretching" out usually compared to any single point on a balloon as you blow it up.
Does that mean the space we live in "expands us" aswell? So do we, by which I mean the space between say, a nucleus and it´s surrounding electrons, or even the elementary particles themselves, grow? If this is the case, how come this has no apparent impact on any physical effect we know of?
Or do we sort of remain static due to physical forces "keeping us in place"? Now if that´s true, how does this process take place?
I have no idea whether this is actually a physical or more of a metaphysical question but consider it an at least entertaining thought experiment.
cheers!
this afternoon a weird question came to mind.
As most of you know, our universe is expanding at an ever increasing rate. However, this doesn´t mean there are new parts of space added to the existing one, rather that the existing space is "stretching" out usually compared to any single point on a balloon as you blow it up.
Does that mean the space we live in "expands us" aswell? So do we, by which I mean the space between say, a nucleus and it´s surrounding electrons, or even the elementary particles themselves, grow? If this is the case, how come this has no apparent impact on any physical effect we know of?
Or do we sort of remain static due to physical forces "keeping us in place"? Now if that´s true, how does this process take place?
I have no idea whether this is actually a physical or more of a metaphysical question but consider it an at least entertaining thought experiment.
cheers!
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