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Just a reminder the next Patreon AMA will be on tonight (Wednesday, September 18th) at 6pm EDT

To join just click the zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88436627820

If you're a Hypernova, Quasar or Big Bang supporter make sure to join with the same email that your calendar invite went out with.

If you have any questions, drop them in the comments below. Hope to see you there!

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Michael

Hello! Layperson here. 👋 Im not able to attend the AMA today, but I’ve had this question for a while and wanted to lob it your way (please pardon any imprecision in my word choices here)… I often hear that we observe that the universe is not only expanding but also accelerating in its expansion; the farther away the source of the light we observe, the more and more redshifted that light from our perspective, so the faster those light sources are moving away from us, i.e. the faster the universe is expanding. I also hear that the more distant the source of observed light, the farther in the past that light originated; the further in the past we are looking. ➡️ So here’s my question, why aren’t these observations evidence that the universe was expanding more rapidly in the past than it appears to be today, that is seems to be slowing as we observe more and more recent segments (i.e. closer to us) of the universe. This interpretation is obviously not the scientific consensus on but it’s been itching my brain and I’d love to hear you talk about this (in a future episode maybe?) even if it is solely to tear it to shreds. Thank you for all that you do!

Tom

Having trouble joining, but I wanted to ask if you gents tend to read science fiction when you read for leisure, and if so, whether you'd care to recommend anything you've read lately.