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03-21-2008, 11:57 PM #1
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A little bit of Science
At last count there are over 500,000,000,000 (500 Billion) planetary systems in our galaxy and over 100,000,000,000 (100 Billion) other galaxies.
What are the chances that we are not alone?
My guess is almost zero chance that we are alone.
No theological comments please, I don't go to ARP.
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03-22-2008, 12:02 AM #2
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Reminds me of Carl Sagan...."billions and billions"
I have at least two thoughts regarding our standing in the universe:
To think we're alone is the height of human arrogance.
To think we're alone when what we know about the universe is nothing compared to what it probably is...kinda short sighted, yes?
On the other hand, it's probably a good thing there's considerable distance between us and anyone else that may be out there. If they were close by, say on Mars, we'd probably have a nuke pointed toward that planet by now.
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03-22-2008, 12:02 AM #3
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I think they might have missed a few, according to my numbers they are incorrect...............
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03-22-2008, 12:34 AM #4
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Originally Posted by karsthuntr
At last count there are over 500,000,000,000 (500 Billion) planetary systems in our universe and over 100,000,000,000 (100 Billion) other galaxies.
What are the chances that we are not alone?
My guess is almost zero chance that we are alone.
No theological comments please, I don't go to ARP.
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03-22-2008, 12:53 AM #5
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If you have 6 minutes to spare, watch this
At about 5 minutes, new galaxies discovered.
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03-22-2008, 05:33 AM #6
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That's great, now i know even less...........than i thought i knew before !
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03-22-2008, 07:55 AM #7
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One day we will look thru a telescope and find that we are under observation also....
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03-22-2008, 07:59 AM #8
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I figure If theres anyone else out there, and they live any farther away that Dutch..... I aint worried about em.
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03-22-2008, 09:31 AM #9
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Originally Posted by DPSwitch
I say we make dutchie our emissary; he speaks a foreign language anyways. If it turns out they are evil and zap him it's no big loss, I mean we hardly know Dutchie and he's not going to the convention, this will give him something to do...so maybe we should hold a vote...umm I nominate Dutchcool as our emissary...all in favor...
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03-22-2008, 09:47 AM #10
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The fact that we are even on this planet and able to survive is amazing to me. The majority of it's history (what little we know about it) would have been un-inhabitable. It takes so many factors that happen to compliment each other to have even had life form and be sustainable....almost to the point where it had to be something from above.
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03-22-2008, 09:52 AM #11
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And THAT, Dutch, is precisely the point. As time goes, we realize we know less and less about more and more. But people want to leave God out. Originally Posted by dutchcool
That's great, now i know even less...........than i thought i knew before !
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03-22-2008, 09:55 AM #12
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I sorta thought Dutch would be at the convention live Via satellite on a big screen no?
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03-22-2008, 10:12 AM #13
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Originally Posted by DPSwitch
Umm, think for a second...daylight savings time...it just won't work...
Besides have you seen his avatar of himself...do you really want to see that on a big screen...
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