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that would be the case if quintessence were the only factor, but at smaller scales other forces dominate.

Yes. But I wasn't alluding to the existence of really minuscule intelligences who's lives would be ruled by quantum phenomena. The balloon is a human-sized analogy for the universe itself, and the inference is that an external observer to the Universe would be able to perceive things that we as occupants cannot.

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