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Interstellar Part 2: wormholes, time dilation, and love stuff

Published: May 24, 2016, 5:18 a.m.

Gravity and Black Holes \n\n

More Kip Thorne. Wormholes. Detecting gravitational anomalies.

\n\n Time Dilation \n\n

Einstein. Train rides. Relativity. Frames of reference. Frame dragging. Time as an expendable resource.

\n\n Crazy Planetary Adventures \n\n

Water planet is the stuff of Christopher\u2019s nightmares.\xa0 Frozen clouds!

\n\n So Many Dimensions \n\n

Abstraction of extra dimensions into fewer. Tesseracts. Carl Sagan\u2019s genius powers of explanation.

\n\n Time Travel Paradoxes \n\n

Predestination paradox? Self-consistent single timelines.

\n\n Love \n\n

Multidimensional beings and the power of love. Social utility and bonding, etc.

\n\n Space Settlement \n\n

O\u2019Niell cylinders. Another call-in from Liam Ginty of Voices From L5.

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  1. \n\t\t\t\tFlatland & The Fourth Dimension by Carl Sagan: YouTube\n\t\t\t
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  2. \n\t\t\t\tThe Science of Interstellar w/ Kip Thorne: YouTube\n\t\t\t
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