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[MindBlown] The Universe Will Put You in Your Place

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Keyser Soze, Nov 19, 2014.

  1. Keyser Soze

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    I wish I could live to see the day we travel to other galaxies. :(
     
  3. fallenphoenix

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    "...we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death..." - Bill Hicks
     
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    rockbox Around before clutchcity.com

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    Gotta be something out there for dam sure.
     
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  6. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"

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    I think so. We are part of the same lineage of putting nuclei together, putting atoms together into molecules, condensing gas into planets, and so forth. We are clearly (to me) another rung on that ladder and who knows where it goes.

    So, just like there aren't galaxies that lack molecules, I doubt that there are galaxies that lack life.
     
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  7. AstroRocket

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    Obligatory:

    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/hmlrI74fwa0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
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    I think the irony is that it's still possible that we are the center of the universe.
     
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    I always forget just how impossibly huge the universe is until I revisit these types of perspective stats etc.

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    How can an "average" be ONE distance OR another? (#4) Bah. Crappy. :p

    I prefer to think of it this way:

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  11. MadMax

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    That is intensely cool.

    By the way...I emailed you off the board...not sure if you got it.
     
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  12. Dubious

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    Never say never but as gelatinous bags of goo, we probably won't ever leave the solar system. We are just too fragile and temporary to deal with the rigors, energy budgets and time/speed constraints of interstellar travel. Space is really deadly to life in temperatures, lack of re-supply and radiation. Requiring all the protections for these means you are going to need a lot of energy to accelerate to a tiny tiny fraction of the speed of light and it will take you a looong time to even reach that. With those limits it would be hundreds of generations before you ever travel to the nearest star.

    I were dreaming about spreading mankind through the galaxy, I think it would be in the form of genetic material that could be frozen and assembled on arrival. But the reality will probably be that artificial intelligence will be our spawn.
     
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  13. Keyser Soze

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    the earth and it's moon

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  14. Jimes

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    Is the quote in the image a joke?
     
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    97% of the things that we consistently talk about & do as humans is so insignificant on the celestial level & that's why we won't transcend in outer space for a very long time.

    Not enough people are curious, actually I just think that when things are too hard to understand we either get a) get lazy or b) start a **** throwing, dick measuring contest. It's our greatest flaws as a human race, other than our weak ass bodies.
     
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    It is!
    It's stars in our universe than grains of sand on all of Earth
     
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    Seems like the odds against life being somewhere else are nearly zero, given how big the observable universe is.
     
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    Amazing how little most of Earth's inhabitants could care less about exploring the universe. I think we will have to settle our differences among each other before we further reach out further into our solar system. This really puts into perspective how we are all the same, doesn't matter your background, your race, your beliefs the fact is we are all from the same spec of dust in the universe.
     
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    I wish we had rings like Saturn. That would be pretty cool to look at.
     
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    That's no moon. Oh wait... yes it is.
     
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