Every particle that made up your body is older than you, some of them are older than the universe

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• spittingimage@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Older than the universe? How you figure?

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  • DangerousWasabi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yes, some of the elemental particles in our body (electrons, quarks, …) were actually popped into existence along with the universe during the first fraction of time of the Big Bang, and remained still until today. So whatever or wherever these particles came from (assuming they do), they carried with them information that is older than the universe itself.

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    • 6mementomori@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      at best, that means they’re as old as the universe, not older than it. also, didn’t most of those particles constantly annihilate each other?

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    • Floufym@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      If I am not mistaken, accordingly to the Big Bang theory, all particules were created at the same time. Not before or after, or few of them but all of them at the same time.
      No new electrons/quarks/… were created since then.

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    • Arrakis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      elemental particles in our body (electrons, quarks, …)

      I don’t think you know what either elements or particles are…

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    • roo@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Ah, good point. The universe hadn’t expanded yet.

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• rikudou@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Older than the universe? How does that work?

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  • DontAskAboutUpdog@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Everything is possible if you lie.

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    • KepBen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      No that’s not true, that’s impossible

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  • DangerousWasabi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The universe appears to have a finite age in the Big Bang model and can be calculated to give an approximate value. Particles however, does not seem to have any correlation with time. The lifespan of a fundamental particle, without colliding with its anti-particle through annihilation, appears to be infinite.

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• cerement@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  “Be humble for you are made of earth. Be noble for you are made of stars.”

  —Serbian proverb

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• LemmyFeed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  We’re all truly children of the stars.

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• user45178@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s like with money. You never own it, it’s just your turn with it

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