Philosophical
How Time is More Flexible than We Thought
Picture this: you're standing still, and someone walks past you. Right at that moment, you both glance up at **Andromeda**, a galaxy 2.5 million light years away. Because of how **special relativity** works, what you each see happening there could be totally different—one sees **peace**, the other sees war. Same place, same time, different realities. *Time, it turns out, plays favorites.*
There is no now.— Hakeem Oluseyi
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The thinker
Astrophysicist & Science Communicator
Hakeem Oluseyi is an astrophysicist and science communicator known for making complex scientific ideas, like the Andromeda Paradox, easy to understand and exciting to explore.
Based on Hakeem Oluseyi on the Andromeda Paradox, summarised and reframed by Insights.
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