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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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[โ€“] Engywuck@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Maybe gravitons aren't affected by gravity, the same way photons aren't affected by em interactions (which they carry).

[โ€“] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago

If that was the case, we would already have a quantum theory of gravity. The fact that "gravitons" (here I mean the particles of a second quantisation of GR) can interact with themselves makes the theory almost completely useless.

It's technically possible to write down such a theory, but the only way to get results out of it is to first perform an infinite number of experiments.