{"id":122991,"date":"2023-09-07T16:33:36","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T14:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.benedettabruzziches.com\/the-universe-is-dark\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T12:04:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T10:04:44","slug":"the-universe-is-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benedettabruzziches.com\/en\/the-universe-is-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"The universe is dark."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1332\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 2000 \/ 1332;\" width=\"2000\" autoplay=\"\" loop=\"\" muted=\"\" poster=\"https:\/\/benedettabruzziches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/copertina_video1-1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/benedettabruzziches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/mazurka_video_test.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/benedettabruzziches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/benedettabruzziches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/benedettabruzziches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3-300x533.jpg 300w, https:\/\/benedettabruzziches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3-150x267.jpg 150w, https:\/\/benedettabruzziches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3-800x1422.jpg 800w, https:\/\/benedettabruzziches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/benedettabruzziches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/benedettabruzziches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/benedettabruzziches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3-864x1536.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sun does not shine, and the Moon does not reflect its rays.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cosmos \u201ccomes to life\u201d only when a living being, through its brain, interprets electromagnetic waves as light signals.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This phenomenon of perception, which takes place entirely within an observer&#8217;s mind, is seemingly strange and perplexing.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, <a><\/a>, in fact, photons\u2014which have existed since the dawn of the universe\u2014are translated into brightness only in the mind of an observer, who sees them as shimmering or dazzling, sometimes flickering, warm, or silvery.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our ethereal Juliet, our dazzling Venuses, the Ariels\u2014whether diaphanous or colorful\u2014who feed on light, remain unaware of all this and continue to shine.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And we&#8217;ll keep this a secret&#8230; right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sun does not shine, and the Moon does not reflect its rays. The cosmos \u201ccomes to life\u201d only when a living being, through its brain, interprets electromagnetic waves as light signals. This phenomenon of perception, which takes place entirely within an observer&#8217;s mind, is seemingly strange and perplexing. But, , in fact, photons\u2014which have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1515,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/benedettabruzziches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/benedettabruzziches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/benedettabruzziches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benedettabruzziches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1515"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benedettabruzziches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/benedettabruzziches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122992,"href":"https:\/\/benedettabruzziches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122991\/revisions\/122992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/benedettabruzziches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benedettabruzziches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benedettabruzziches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}