tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post4634227969906548108..comments2024-02-25T05:24:24.948-05:00Comments on Beyond Easy: Space, Outer and Inner (Part I)Patrick Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-45752936328264328562011-07-21T23:27:03.963-04:002011-07-21T23:27:03.963-04:00Metal Machine Mage: Makes sense to me!
Adam #1: A...<b>Metal Machine Mage:</b> Makes sense to me!<br /><br /><b>Adam #1:</b> Also true, but it rather seems like intellectual laziness on behalf of the greater section of the populace. At least it does to me, anyhow.<br /><br /><b>Phanto:</b> Here, here. That's an excellent starting point. It is my humble opinion people shouldn't live expecting something better after life, but should work to make life better for everyone else. To this end, expanding the general populace's understanding of the physical world and humanity's place in it (how we affect it and how it affects us) is crucial.<br /><br /><b>Adam #2:</b> Maybe your soul is trying to tell you something!Patrick Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-47663855870408198302011-07-17T02:50:19.347-04:002011-07-17T02:50:19.347-04:00The other Adam says: "As soon as you ponder e...The other Adam says: "As soon as you ponder enough to realize just how vast the universe actually is it becomes distant and seemingly unimportant."<br /><br />It's weird, this tends to give me the opposite feeling, that my little corner of the universe is unimportant. Makes me want to drop whatever I'm doing and study astronomy, but then I go to sleep and forget it on waking. I get those "dedicate life to studying X" moods more and more lately.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698007221193857147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-3775414547791983432011-07-16T12:36:28.851-04:002011-07-16T12:36:28.851-04:00It is far easier to believe in God than to fathom ...It is far easier to believe in God than to fathom the significance of a quasar, or cosmic strings. Even in first world countries, where we owe it to the continued survival and dominance of our species to fully consider, appreciate, and be awed at the complexity, chance, beauty, and depth crystallized within the life of one homo sapien - rather than live for the promise of something better, after, like our more ignorant ancestors. Summed up, stop searching for Jesus and start looking for quasars.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-50618272943570516052011-07-13T02:42:14.626-04:002011-07-13T02:42:14.626-04:00As you've probably deduced, astronomy does not...As you've probably deduced, astronomy does not hold the attention span of most because it is quite literally out of our reach. As soon as you ponder enough to realize just how vast the universe actually is it becomes distant and seemingly unimportant. You can try and explain to people why understanding the stars is in fact relevant, but many have a hard time wrapping their heads around that. Most of us will never go higher into space than what your standard airplane can achieve and most of us will never know exactly what it is we're looking at. Space is "out there"; life is "down here". The fact that they are really one and the same seems to get missed quite often.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10016188508658731186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-72861764990486477922011-07-12T15:27:15.344-04:002011-07-12T15:27:15.344-04:00In relativity, everything is measured based on our...In relativity, everything is measured based on our perspective or what is relative. Since everyone's perspective is different, the constituents of reality that are closest to us would have the most effect on each individual perceives and, therefore, their experience. Since we give great importance to the differences between our experiences, rather than the fact that we all experience cosmological constants, (in your example, the larger span of reality) the differences are more important.<br /><br />Why should this question strike most as an "empty academic point?"<br />Short answer: People are sheep.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17450414159533105970noreply@blogger.com