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Expansive Grid Game #6: "Physical cosmology"

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The rules are like the radial game; a word starts in the center of the grid, and words expand out of the middle. Unless the word is in a straight line from the center (or from a branch's purple square), it must associate with two words.

The difference is that an Expansive Grid Game must branch smaller grids at the four corners. The four corners are marked purple.

The purple squares in the main game and corresponding branch must be the same word. (and must be bold)

Game #6's starting word, Physical cosmology, was chosen via Random Article.

Game #5, which started with December 1 and ended with Threesome (branched to Born in the purple), Transphobia (branched to The X-Files), Glitch (branched to IGNITOR), and Don't ask, don't tell (branched to Manchester Transit Authority), is at this link.

Expansive Grid's inverse is Inversive Grid, while its reverse is Condensive Grid. Explosive Grid is similar, but with full-fledged Radial games for its branches. The polar opposite is Reversive Grid.

Main grid

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A B C D E F G
A Cultural mosaic Cultural assimilation Social engineering Stanford prison experiment Ecophysiology Tiger in a Tropical Storm The Romance of Tiger and Rose
B Cube Borg Groupthink Asch conformity experiments Studies of Flowers from Nature Botanical illustration "My Pretty Rose Tree
C 10^6 Millions of Us Hive mind Conformity Wallflower (people) Floral symmetry Pretty. Odd.
D Power (mathematics) 1073741824 (number) Law of large numbers Law of Jante Tall poppy syndrome Asymmetry Odd One Out
E Superwoman Superperfect number Interesting number paradox Mediocrity Medium Sized Man Isometric Isolation
F She-Ra Superhero Exceptionalism Averageness U.S. standard clothing size ISO 4416 International Sex Workers’ Day
G Masters of the Universe Captain Universe Miss Universe Physical attractiveness Clothes Make the Man G-string Sex workers' rights
H Supreme Intelligence The Brains of the Cosmos Brane cosmology Physical cosmology The Fabric of the Cosmos String theory Background independence
I Extraterrestrial intelligence "Brain of the Galaxy" "Galaxy Song" "Physical" Fabric Macramé Knot theory
J Intelligence René Descartes "Bruces' Philosophers Song" Metaphysical Enchanted loom Magic carpet Magic: History, Theory and Practice
K Philosophy of artificial intelligence Philosophy The Philosophers' Football Match Metaphysical necessity Narrative causality Sourcery Magic
L Abstraction Phutball Football league hierarchy Maslow's hierarchy of needs Self-actualization The Wee Free Men The Colour of Magic
M Reduction (complexity) Complexity Analytic hierarchy process Need for cognition Self-awareness Perception Optical illusion
N Reduction drive Main Street Complex Road hierarchy Need for Speed Speed awareness course Motion perception Illusory motion
O Collector road Main Road Hot Road Hot Wheels Speed limit Sensory threshold Motion perception

Branch 1: "Cultural mosaic"

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A B C D E
A Nostalgiya
B Nostalgia for the Soviet Union
C Neo-Stalinism
D Potato battery Agriculture in the Classroom Censorship of images in the Soviet Union Stalinism
E Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Potatoes Agriculture in the Soviet Union Censorship in the Soviet Union Trotskyism
F Black Sea Soviet Republic Soviet cuisine Ministry of Agriculture and Food (Soviet Union) State Committee for Cinematography Leninism
G Black sesame soup Soup Borscht Culture of the Soviet Union Marxism
H Spun sugar Culinary arts Food studies Cultural studies Cultural Marxism
I Centrifuge Salad spinner Salad bowl Salad bowl (cultural idea) Cultural mosaic

Branch 2: "The Romance of Tiger and Rose"

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A B C D E
A Woad Pigment
B Self-decoration camouflage Chameleon
C Camouflage Animal coloration Mimicry
D Tigerstripe Patterns in nature Flower pattern
E Tiger Stripes colour scheme Cream-spot Tiger Rose creams
F Tiger stripes Tiger tail ice cream Tiger Rose
G Tiger Project Tiger Project ROSE Supersoldier
H The Tiger Who Came to Tea The Sweet Tea Project Hybrid tea rose Cyborg Computer-generated choreography
I The Romance of Tiger and Rose The Rosie Project Ring Around Rosie Rosie the Robot Rosie Perez

Branch 3 "Collector road"

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A B C D E
A Transponder Electronic toll collection Tollbooth Toll collector Collector road
B Transfer pricing Road pricing Toll (fee) Toll road Distributor road
C Road rage Blood money Blood tax Arterial road
D Blood Rage Blood red Blood Red Road Highway
E Seeing Red Red route U.S. Route 666 "Highway to Hell"
F Stop sign Route U.S. Route 61 "Rock 'n' Roll Damnation"
G Traffic calming Highway U.S. Route 52 "Rock 'n' Roll Is Alive (And It Lives in Minneapolis)"
H 52nd Street "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"
I "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" "I Love Music" (The O'Jays song)

Branch 4 "Motion perception"

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A B C D E
A Motion perception Wagon-wheel effect stroboscopic effect Aliasing Interference
B Stop motion Wagon brake Stagecraft Stage name Equity name
C Pingu "Can We Fix It?" Toolbox MC Hammer Hammer (nickname)
D Grammelot Speech therapy Occupational therapy "U Can't Touch This"
E Spamalot Logorrhea (psychology) Speech–language pathology
F "Spam spam spam spam" Motormouth Receptive aphasia
G Spam email TL;DR
H Naive Bayes spam filtering
I Bayes' theorem