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Warp schrieb:
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> Think about two small spheres connected by a wire on the surface of a
> balloon: Even if you inflate the balloon, the wire will keep the spheres
> at the same distance from each other, against the separating force caused
> by the inflation of the balloon.
Two spheres connected with a rubber band would be a better analogy:
While you inflate the balloon, the rubber band would keep the spheres at
a /constant/ distance, but it would be a different one than if the
balloon wasn't being inflated.
And the rubber band would be stretched even further if you'd increase
the rate of inflation.
>>> The same is true at macroscopic levels: The Earth is not expanding because
>>> atomic bonds and gravity are strong enough to stop any expansive drift from
>>> happening.
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>> It doesn't stop the drift. It compensates for the drift.
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> Terminology.
Not if you think of /changing/ parameters. In that case it starts
becoming a fundamental difference.
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