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02-18-2006, 04:22 AM

Munkay,Feb 17 2006, 08:50 AM Wrote:I'll add a few more interesting ones when I have a chance
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Here's another one. Up until the early 20th century, scientists' best guess was that the universe was about the size of the Milky Way. It had a nice managable number of a few hundred billion stars.

Somewhere along the line, we found out that the universe has about a hundred billion galaxies. It just got about a hundred billion times bigger, and we just got a hundred billion times more insignificant. Can you imagine what the guy who discovered that fact was thinking?

I also like to think about what would happen if aliens suddenly announced their presence to us, and prove that we are not alone in the universe. Yeah, there'd likely be a lot of chaos and disaster. I just think the alternative would be a lot worse. What if some really smart guy proved without a shadow of a doubt that we are truly alone in the universe and there is absolutely no chance of life existing anywhere but Earth?

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Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by DeeBye - 02-17-2006, 06:10 AM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by Taem - 02-17-2006, 06:21 AM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by SwissMercenary - 02-17-2006, 07:45 AM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by Munkay - 02-17-2006, 12:50 PM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by Rhydderch Hael - 02-18-2006, 03:36 AM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by DeeBye - 02-18-2006, 04:22 AM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by LemmingofGlory - 02-18-2006, 04:25 AM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by Taem - 02-18-2006, 07:28 AM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by TheDragoon - 02-18-2006, 02:36 PM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by Grayloch - 02-18-2006, 03:53 PM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by Zippyy - 02-18-2006, 05:59 PM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by Occhidiangela - 02-19-2006, 01:48 AM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by DeeBye - 02-19-2006, 04:13 AM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by yangman - 02-19-2006, 08:36 AM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by aaa - 02-20-2006, 10:14 PM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by Rhydderch Hael - 02-20-2006, 11:22 PM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by Doc - 02-21-2006, 06:50 AM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by DeeBye - 02-21-2006, 06:57 AM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by Doc - 02-21-2006, 06:59 AM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by Klaus - 02-21-2006, 09:05 PM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by Occhidiangela - 02-21-2006, 10:27 PM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by Rhydderch Hael - 02-21-2006, 10:49 PM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by Occhidiangela - 02-21-2006, 11:35 PM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by Griselda - 02-21-2006, 11:55 PM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by LemmingofGlory - 02-22-2006, 02:03 AM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by Grayloch - 02-22-2006, 02:17 AM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by Occhidiangela - 02-22-2006, 06:45 AM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by Doc - 02-22-2006, 06:48 AM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by Sheep - 03-01-2006, 05:22 PM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by Bob - 03-09-2006, 11:29 PM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by --Pete - 03-10-2006, 12:21 AM

Stuff like this keeps me awake at night - by Taem - 03-10-2006, 03:03 AM

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