Cosmic Perspective
- Thread starter Dogtown
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Yes, not that far in the grand perspective. However, they will radiate out into eternity, long after we are gone. It's amazing how insignificant we are.
"Insignificant"
Certainly are when viewed on such a large perspective. For one reason or another though, pretty much any human with a backbone has this "thing" in them that says "SURVIVE! AT ANY COST!" when their life is threatened. Not to say we aint insignificant, but anyone who has had their brush(es) with death likely know how precious life is. Sure, one can accept death in impossible situations when there is time to sit around and think on it, but in the moment that "thing" takes over and it tells you "SURVIVE!".
I used to be one to seek a fight or trouble when I could in my younger days, until I had the fear of god put in me on two occasions. If I were a thinking man, Id ponder over how I just made it this far without having my brains spilled out all over myself. Unfortunately(or fortunately) Im not much of a pondering type.
Dog is correct.
A re-phrase would go like this:
In an evolutionary context all life is amazing. In a sociological and personal context our lives are precious. In the "potatoes" category it's likely that we are tiny iota of sentient consciousness amongst the millions of planets that probably have life and even conscious life. Our planet is one amongst a googolplex of planets and stars.
True.
Not only does that image offer a stark reminder that even if there are other civilizations in just our galaxy, we're not going to be in contact any time soon. Even if the galaxy were full of advanced civilizations, it would be exceedingly rare for them to exist at that stage at the same time. Still, we should keep looking
Looks like to me we live in a fairly unpopulated and remote part of the galaxy. I'd say we are all cosmic rednecks. Explains a lot.
True.
Not only does that image offer a stark reminder that even if there are other civilizations in just our galaxy, we're not going to be in contact any time soon. Even if the galaxy were full of advanced civilizations, it would be exceedingly rare for them to exist at that stage at the same time. Still, we should keep looking
Yes, in considering the cosmic temporal distortion and vast distances in time and space it makes the possibility of civilization overlap very unlikely. But that said, and back to the OP, some poor Alien may be watching episodes of I love lucy in ten thousand years.
Haha, yes, the ass end of space.
It's also the safer neck of the woods. If we were further in towards the galactic core, life would have a much better chance of being wiped out by nearby supernovae, gamma ray bursts or other lethal, yet common, cosmic occurrences.
Pretty ironic, that atleast IMO, you could say the exact same thing about "rednecks" living way up in the hills or way in the backwoods vs. a bunch of cityslickers crammed together that I would say have a lot higher chance of dying from some unnatural cause.
So than.....how did they get the camera so far away to take the picture and radio the data back to earth?
LOL
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