Chapter 1
The mountain spark of Nietzsche's big idea
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Chapter 2
Ancient loops around the global past
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Chapter 3
The ultimate psychological test of your life
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Chapter 4
Modern echoes in pop culture and science
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YOUR GOAL
Master of Nietzsche and the eternal recurrence
Ch 4 · Modern echoes in pop culture and science
Fun Fact
The math of loops: In 1890, mathematician Henri Poincaré proved the Recurrence Theorem, showing that certain physical systems will eventually return incredibly close to their starting state.
Glossary
eternal recurrence (noun)
A philosophical concept proposing that the universe and all events within it repeat endlessly in an infinite loop. The 2014 television drama True Detective famously popularized this concept, describing time as a flat circle.
A philosophical concept proposing that the universe and all events within it repeat endlessly in an infinite loop. The 2014 television drama True Detective famously popularized this concept, describing time as a flat circle.
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In the context of modern physics, what does a 'cyclic model' of the universe mean?
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What is the name of the protagonist played by Bill Murray who gets trapped in a time loop in the film Groundhog Day?
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Which 1993 comedy film popularized the concept of a character trapped in a daily time loop until he improves himself?
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What scientific theory suggests our universe was created from the collapse of a previous universe in a repeating cycle?
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What is the name of the 1890 mathematical theorem proving that certain systems will eventually return to their starting state?
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Which Nobel Prize-winning physicist proposed 'Conformal Cyclic Cosmology', the theory that the universe goes through infinite repeating aeons?
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Which 2019 space-exploration video game traps the player in a 22-minute solar system time loop?