Astrophysicists theorize that 85% of the day is spent doing “dark work” which cannot be directly measured but is implied by how tired I feel - ThreadSky

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nurbsy.bsky.social • 336 days ago

Astrophysicists theorize that 85% of the day is spent doing “dark work” which cannot be directly measured but is implied by how tired I feel

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dandwig.bsky.social•336 days ago

@astrokatie.com please verify. :)

casuallychaotic.bsky.social•336 days ago

Luckily, you can still get paid for doing that, as long as you hire a Dark Accountant to help balance the books.

eelaware.bsky.social•335 days ago

Sharing this w my daughter, the astrophysicist

silo64.bsky.social•334 days ago

All work is dark work

kittenbritches.bsky.social•336 days ago

@catovitch.bsky.social

Mystery solved

gunplabrian.bsky.social•336 days ago

Cant measure the output of dark work, we can only measure the time it takes up and the energy it drains and extrapolate the output based on that

malevolentmango.bsky.social•336 days ago

Some have theorized that it's a flaw in our understanding of how gravity works on small scales and that our feelings are just really heavy

doraymefarted.bsky.social•336 days ago

Does dark matter though?

remid0d0s0.bsky.social•336 days ago

what you need is some of that dark energy then

tandy400.bsky.social•336 days ago

@bestskeet.bsky.social

infidale.bsky.social•336 days ago

I’m blaming time dilation for the workday seeming so long!!

dylanmdesigns.bsky.social•336 days ago

Yes. Jobs are often akin to black holes.

ericbertsch.bsky.social•336 days ago

This explains so much.
There's a show on Prime in which a cargo (space)ship cruises through a "dark matter cloud" & disintegrates..
Pretty sure I've crashed into one too many "dark work clouds."

The show:"Beacon 32".

ericbertsch.bsky.social•336 days ago

Correction: Beacon 23

ericbertsch.bsky.social•336 days ago

Beacon 23 is also
a book

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