As one nears an object, it appears larger...but does it actually grow?
Like, I think, though I've never quite thought about it, that mass is relative to the observer, or at least size...
But that size and mass aren't relative...or something...
I just have this weird inkling there's something illusory about the actual true size of things.
But I'm not sure what I mean, and I don't think it matters.
But like, we aren't really a spacefaring people yet, but when we are, it's gonna be mind-blowing to be people OF interstellar space, where things like size and "rightside-up/down" aren't common sense anymore.
To travel from darkness to a point of light that steadily (or in an instant) blooms to overwhelming size...that isn't "home" in any sense of the word, and you can arrive at from any direction...
If there are aliens who travel interstellar space, humans probably do just seem like total surface dwellers.
Like, I think, though I've never quite thought about it, that mass is relative to the observer, or at least size...
But that size and mass aren't relative...or something...
I just have this weird inkling there's something illusory about the actual true size of things.
But I'm not sure what I mean, and I don't think it matters.
But like, we aren't really a spacefaring people yet, but when we are, it's gonna be mind-blowing to be people OF interstellar space, where things like size and "rightside-up/down" aren't common sense anymore.
To travel from darkness to a point of light that steadily (or in an instant) blooms to overwhelming size...that isn't "home" in any sense of the word, and you can arrive at from any direction...
If there are aliens who travel interstellar space, humans probably do just seem like total surface dwellers.
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