Are wormholes holding space-time together?! 🤯

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[blazeharris]

Chuck represents all of us normal ppl in a room of scientists. We know just enough to follow along... but then there come times when we really need to reboot some braincells b4 continuing 😅

[danevanzweden]

I like how he made a twist motion when mentioning a wormhole..

[Omnipharius]

the most simple/complex questions we could ask ourselves at any point for any problem in the universe is "how do we know?"

[chriss]

"I've not been the same since we had lunch." Man, I've been there

[zinornu]

Chuck gasped when his brain tried to visually comprehend what Neil was saying. He was literally mind-blown.

[laviniaasofiei]

I was in a different timeline before lunch.
The fact that I chose chicken instead of beef for lunch made me enter a different timeline.
So yes, when I made a decision, I entered a wormhole... in theory at least.
This implies that every timeline has a wormhole.

[mikehuff]

Chuck is me. I was in gifted programs growing up. The requirement was an IQ over 130. I barely made the cut. Like 132. I was just smart enough to hang out with really smart people and say things like, “Imma need a bag if we’re having this discussion.”
Chuck represents a very niche cross section of humans…and I’m one of them😂😂😂

[kentonmiles]

When your shoulder starts itching, it's your ancestors telling you to either get out or get high enough to ride out the vibe in the room.

[eltoubib]

Chuck almost saw THE Light, he was like naaahhh not today, not today!

[WubbyPunch]

Woah! This supports my theory that black holes along with worm holes hold the entire universe together, becoming anchors of sorts for the expansion of the universe. Once the heat death of the universe happens and these holes either lose power or consequentially dissipate, the anchors holding space and time together disappearing would allow the universe to smash back into a singularity

[nathannoble]

That was my idea! I was looking at a block of Swiss cheese and thought, casserole!

[MbRk]

“..I need some weed to deal with this..” damn about spit my steak out laughing 😂😂😂

[yyyyyk]

I love Chuck...
Aside from great jokes, he always asks the best questions and has the best commentary. This show wouldn't be as excellent as it is if it weren't for him.

[EpicBenjo]

What’s weird was I had this exact same idea a few years ago. I didn’t think of it as wormholes, but connected by tunnels. So, I guess wormholes.

[kylebutler]

I hypothesized this years ago when trying to figure out how quantum entanglement works beyond light speed, that effectively there are worm holes / extra spatial dimensions on the quantum scale that connect particles so they're effectively right next to each other. We only percieve particles as being spread out because we only percieve 3 spatial dimensions, but if you could see the 4th spatial dimension everything would be all crammed together.

[rahulbetgeri]

That would very neatly explain spooky action at long distance…

[FSK]

"I need some weed " was the best response XD

[SydneyLynn]

Chucks reaction was PRICELESS!!! 😂 so genuine but hilarious

[GaryLeeThomas]

Please help me understand: we use time, here on Earth, by agreeing that there is a point on earth where we start time. GMT. As we rotate (spin on our axis), we use time this time to organize ourselves, which is great. We use this time to establish when our sunrise or sunset will occur. Sunrise in western Europe will be at X and sunrise in NYC will be Y. We’ve successfully divided up our time in to time zones (be it politically motivated), and time is useful.

We notice that as we move towards the poles, the time zones get smaller. Right? The more north you go, the smaller the time zones get.

Finally, we get to the most northern spot on the planet (or the most southern spot).

What time is it there?

I say all this because it seems we only use time as a tool to predict how we relate to the sun- specifically where the sun is in relation to our day, so that we can plan our day.

When it comes to space, and the term space-time, is that time the same kind of time we have here on Earth? Or is the time in space-time a different kind of time than the time we have here on Earth? To set our daily calendars and what not?

[Xeranx]

That would grant all those science fiction shows using wormholes as bridge points veracity. Amazing.