Yes, I love the idea that we are insignificant specks that won't even be noticed by of the rest of the universe. Life on Earth will be a light that flared briefly before returning to darkness, the second law of thermodynamics in all its sinister and inevitable glory.
And it makes it all seem so much more precious to me that we seem to have got here self propelled and without any interference from gods or aliens, I get a sense of wonder that is probably the same as everyone elses but don't like ascribing it to whatever without good reason The total perspective vortex that cosmology has turned into would have shocked the theists of old utterly rigid, which is why I feel honoured to be around now when all this stuff is being discovered, it's so much better for being just what it is. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote: Exactly where the people who prefer to believe in God and Woo Woo never want to go. What I've never understood is why so many people react so strongly to being considered what they are -- insignificant and ordinary. Seems to me that's the very essence of enlightenment, if it exists. From: salyavin808 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 9:15 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Alien Earths Could be Weird Where does the theory get us? It gets us to reality. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <awoelflebater@...> wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote: You are placing too much value on the human species. We are probably just a blip in Earth's history. A million years from now something else maybe better will have taken our place. They may only find fossils of our existence. So it goes. Sure, and where does this theory get us? On 02/23/2014 05:14 PM, jr_esq@... mailto:jr_esq@... wrote: Share, I was thinking along the lines of life, including the existence of human beings, as a reflection of the abundance of life in the universe. If this is so, then what are the mechanisms for making this happen at such disparate places. Perhaps the holographic theory of the universe may be true. Also, even if we can detect the existence of humanoids in these exoplanets, is it possible for us to communicate with them or even visit their worlds? At this time, our technology is not advanced enough to make this happen.
