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> > > The sheer vastness of the cosmos does help us put our lives in perspective, doesn't it? I feel quite small and fragile, on a small, fragile world when I think about all that's out there.
> > > Iss
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> ...
> > > The sheer vastness of the cosmos does help us put our lives in perspective, doesn't it? I feel quite small and fragile, on a small, fragile world when I think about all that's out there.
> > > Iss
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(if this machine locks up and loses this post onnnnne more time... it's going to discover just how far towards the sun it can be thrown! But anyway... moving on...)

Very true.

The other night I was outside looking at the sky and just *thinking*. About the universe. And the "infinity". I mean, the concept of "infinity" is beyond human conception! Everything in our lives has a start and a finish. The idea of something being *infinite* is irrational!

And think about this -- In our galaxy alone there are approximately 10 billion stars. ***10 billion stars***! And only in the Milky Way. Then there are an estimated 10 billion additional galaxies. Earth is *one* planet revolving around *one* (relatively small) star, in *one* galaxy.

Wow. :)

Ni - "It's summer, school's out, don't expect numbers to be correct!" - tharn