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You know, I'm starting to think that our whole universe is just a cancerous 3+1D polyp on the ass of an entire, proper universe with more dimensions, mass, and energy, and less corruption.
Everything but that last bit, yep. Simulation or unfathomable surreality, same same. Corruption, though, isn't a thing the universe GAF about. It's just physics. ๐คช
I can at least hope, right? Hope that whoever is on the other side of the brane isn't as dogshit at life as humans are?
What's a brane?
It's the theoretical physics term for barriers in string theory. Shortened version of membrane. So, AFAIK, in that theory, our universe exists on one brane, but dark matter and dark energy would exist in another one, but their gravity leaks through because gravity is funny like that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brane
Theor, short for theoretically, I presume? I'm keeping up. ๐คฉ
LOL, sorry, my phone is stupid. "Theor" is actually "their." I edited above.