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544 points mooreds | 1 comments | 21 Oct 24 20:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.192s | source
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gorgoiler ◴[22 Oct 24 03:57 UTC] No.41911053[source]▶
A fun thing I like to do every so often is to try to break away from the natural notion that space has a horizon and that instead force myself to feel that it continues equally in all directions.

We’re naturally inclined to be ok with giant distances on the horizon. It’s natural to put more emphasis on that part of the world. Hold up your thumb to the horizon and notice how many things fit alongside it compared to your thumb help downwards against the ground.

On the surface of our planet the up direction isn’t usually interesting and the down direction isn’t even there. It is therefore quite horrifying (“fun”) to imagine space going down forever.

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1. bongodongobob ◴[22 Oct 24 05:16 UTC] No.41911397[source]▶
Yes. I like to look at the moon and think of it as being "down" and I'm the one at an angle. Rather than "there's nothing under me, just the ground" it's "there's nothing under me, just nothing forever."