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Contemplating our Planet in this Vast Universe
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:20 pm
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:20 pm
I'm been very reflective lately thinking about how small, yet unique our world is in the grand scheme of things. It amazes me that we are at just the right spot away from a middle-aged yellow dwarf star, with just the right atmosphere, ample water, an iron core shielding us from radiation, a little wobble on our axis to warm us evenly, a perfectly sized moon to keep our oceans sloshing about just enough. Just wow.
And yet, our existence is confined to a small slither of the surface. And just 60 miles above us is the vastness of space. A NASA website says:
I totally get why Musk and Bezos want to explore space. This world seems so fleeting. It's awesome we've had all these years to enjoy this miraculous creation. How much longer do we have?
And yet, our existence is confined to a small slither of the surface. And just 60 miles above us is the vastness of space. A NASA website says:
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If the Earth were the size of a basketball, the thickness of the atmosphere could be modeled by a thin sheet of plastic wrapped around the ball.
I totally get why Musk and Bezos want to explore space. This world seems so fleeting. It's awesome we've had all these years to enjoy this miraculous creation. How much longer do we have?
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Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:21 pm to TDFreak
Exactly how stoned are you right now?
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:23 pm to TDFreak
Pass me the Dutch.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:26 pm to TDFreak
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:26 pm to TDFreak
Yeah, it is probably the single most awesome thing, and we take it for granted. It is even more mind boggling that the same processes have repeated billions of times throughout the universe, and we haven't evolved enough to even look at other planets yet. Soon...
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:28 pm to TDFreak
Awesome stuff baw 
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:51 pm to TDFreak
quote:Is it, though?
thinking about how small, yet unique our world is in the grand scheme of things
Posted on 5/24/17 at 10:54 pm to TDFreak
We are the mechanism by which the one, divine mystery enjoys this play we share as if we are separated.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:04 pm to TDFreak
All of the things you mentioned are pretty necessary for life to thrive, so you might say that if complex life is going to exist in the universe, it was bound to be on a planet that had all of those things.
Considering the relative sizes and distances of the sun and the moon is where things get a bit more freaky. The sun's diameter is roughly 400 times that of the moon. It is also roughly 400 times further away from the earth. The result is that, from our vantage, they both appear the same size in the sky. This is what makes total eclipses possible. This congruence of the two dominant objects in our sky is not at all necessary for complex life to exist. If it is only a coincidence, it is one of staggering unlikeliness.
Considering the relative sizes and distances of the sun and the moon is where things get a bit more freaky. The sun's diameter is roughly 400 times that of the moon. It is also roughly 400 times further away from the earth. The result is that, from our vantage, they both appear the same size in the sky. This is what makes total eclipses possible. This congruence of the two dominant objects in our sky is not at all necessary for complex life to exist. If it is only a coincidence, it is one of staggering unlikeliness.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:06 pm to TDFreak
I miss tripping on shrooms and acid...
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:18 pm to TDFreak
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Contemplating our Planet in this Vast Universe
What you described makes it sound like we are being protected. In other words, we are being looked after or taken care of by someone who makes certain that we have everything that we need.
This post was edited on 5/25/17 at 12:45 am
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:25 pm to TDFreak
Earth is a "Goldilocks" planet that happens to exist in a "Goldilocks" solar system of a "Goldilocks" universe and possibly even a "Goldilocks" quantum universe.
Posted on 5/24/17 at 11:33 pm to TDFreak
I read a recent article in Nat Geo about travel to Mars. I now think we're never going there, at least not in any big numbers and those people might not make it back. Space travel is so hard.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 6:48 am to TDFreak
TFW when you realize we are just remnant thoughts of a lost people on a star that has yet to blink out of existence in a empty void of a world.
Posted on 5/25/17 at 8:24 am to TDFreak
I just saw Alien: Covenant yesterday.
My arse is staying right here.
My arse is staying right here.
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