The Scale of the Universe.

**supervike** · 08-15-2011, 06:41 PM

Pretty cool stuff here.

http://primaxstudio.com/stuff/scale_of_universe/

**finn17** · 08-15-2011, 07:59 PM

Good stuff Jim!

**finn17** · 08-15-2011, 08:41 PM

In a similar vein...

**supervike** · 08-15-2011, 09:10 PM

So does all that fill you with hope and wonder, or a sense of futility?

**finn17** · 08-15-2011, 09:54 PM

Originally Posted by supervike

So does all that fill you with hope and wonder, or a sense of futility?

Depends whether I'm pissed or sober....but, generally...

Sheer awe, it fills me with sheer awe and wonder that we live in such a fantastic playground

**TomasP** · 08-16-2011, 09:28 AM

"Every passing hour brings the Solar System forty-three thousand miles closer to Globular Cluster M13 in Hercules - and still there are some misfits who insist that there is no such thing as progress."

Ranson K. Fern
(Kurt Vonnegut)

**supervike** · 08-16-2011, 10:10 AM

This sort of thing really fascinates me, but I'm afraid my feeble brain just can't keep up.

There is a television show, called THROUGH THE WORMHOLE, hosted by Morgan Freeman.

I like to watch it, but about 4 minutes in, I'm so lost in the concepts I just concentrate on the pictures.

The scale (either up or down) is really unfathomable to me. I'm just content knowing stuff gets really small or really big.

**freakinacage** · 08-16-2011, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by supervike

So does all that fill you with hope and wonder, or a sense of futility?

yes.................

**No Such Agency** · 08-17-2011, 08:45 AM

Ah, the Total Perspective Vortex question. I may not respond quite the way Zaphod Beeblebrox did, but I do think the sheer vastness of the cosmos doesn't imply any futility for humankind (or any non-humans who are out there). It just IS, and we can either get on with lives that mean something to us, or shake our fists jealously at the sky because we're really not the centre of a small universe built just for us.

**supervike** · 08-17-2011, 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by No Such Agency

Ah, the Total Perspective Vortex question. I may not respond quite the way Zaphod Beeblebrox did, but I do think the sheer vastness of the cosmos doesn't imply any futility for humankind (or any non-humans who are out there). It just IS, and we can either get on with lives that mean something to us, or shake our fists jealously at the sky because we're really not the centre of a small universe built just for us.

Interesting take. I likey!

**dogfacedboy uk1** · 08-17-2011, 01:03 PM

Great find, I like it.

dfb

**Astorderire** · 08-17-2011, 01:42 PM

Originally Posted by finn17

Depends whether I'm pissed or sober....but, generally...

Sheer awe, it fills me with sheer awe and wonder that we live in such a fantastic playground

So, could we conclude that generally you are pissed or sober?

**Dragonsreach** · 08-17-2011, 02:06 PM

Originally Posted by finn17

Depends whether I'm pissed or sober....but, generally...

Sheer awe, it fills me with sheer awe and wonder that we live in such a fantastic playground

Originally Posted by Astorderire

So, could we conclude that generally you are pissed or sober?