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Hypothermia of below 98.6 K should be treated by leaving the giant molecular cloud and moving to the vicinity of a star.

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[–] DreamerofDays@kbin.social 23 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Technically, if you’re visiting the Big Bang, aren’t you home already in space?

[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 18 points 10 months ago (3 children)

We're... Not sure space was a thing back then.

[–] BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 10 months ago

I mean… We’re not even sure space is a thing NOW

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So there was no place uncorrupted by capitalism.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

easy there Tim Curry

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Space was definitely a thing, it was just closer together than it is now.

[–] TheActualDevil@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

It was a thing, in a localized area of an infinitely small point, that also was everywhere that existed... I think. I'm not a big bang-ologist, I'm more of a small bang-ologist so my understanding may be flawed.

[–] psud@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

If you're visiting the big bang, you might be part of the excess of normal matter (that survived annihilation with the anti-matter