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reply posted on 15-4-2009 @ 12:22 AM by putnam6
reply to post by meremortal



Talk about perspective,boggles the mind.

The number one priority of humanity,should be exploration.but unfortunately we all caught up in what is truly a small insignificant world.


reply posted on 15-4-2009 @ 12:37 AM by Revolution-2012
reply to post by Lasheic


Is it enough speculation for you to imagine how big the universe is, and how easily it could be for that drakes equation to be an understatement?



reply posted on 15-4-2009 @ 01:03 AM by warza
reply to post by AlwaysQuestion


Wow! That was so amazing. Thank you for posting this, that pic went right into my favorites folder. Sometimes it feels so good to be insignificant.....


reply posted on 15-4-2009 @ 02:09 AM by putnam6
reply to post by OmegaPoint


I think I was just called ignorant,but have never heard it put so eloquently

I almost don't feel insulted,guess how it's presented does matter after all.

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reply posted on 15-4-2009 @ 02:51 AM by ZeroGhost
reply to post by donhuangenaro


What you found that blew your self importance up so high you could call someone else ignorant is only part of the story. I've read such material and variations before.

We are in the realm of theoretical science. NOTHING is known for sure. None of the current theories are bullet proof. We do not yet know what Quasars are, let alone their distances. The article you cited is also based on theory that is contested by other scientists.

Quasars could be "white holes" a time reversal of a Black Hole. The particles and radiation coming from that could be coming from another universe, or somewhere else in our own universe so far that when we see the particles the redshift is massive because it came from beyond space time in the core of a black hole and out a white hole. So?

Quasars used to be thought to be at the greatest distances known due to the redshift, but redshift/blueshift is inaccurate. I used to read science and astronomy books that said Quasars had the energy of several galaxies coming out of an area the size of the Earth. But we know they are closer now. Within galaxies we can see. We don't know anything for sure about them, or neutron Stars, Cepheid variables, black holes....

We are best guessing with physics that is wholly insufficient to the task. We do not even understand what is in the core of our own Sun. We have theories, but some of the particle emissions are not as the theories would speculate.

So in essence you and I and the smartest astronomers and cosmologists on Earth are as ignorant as the OP.

People in anti-matter houses shouldn't throw matter.


I never believed in a Big Bang either. When we see the horizon, we are not so silly to think it is the end of the Earth. Why assume such when we simply reach the event horizon of our understanding?

ZG
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