How Important Is Anything?
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Sounds like a discussion from the 60's.
Bill Clark
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Could be.
Except that is an actual photograph.
Many of the so-called truths back then, even today are based on superstition and rituals that mean little or nothing to me at least.
Except that is an actual photograph.
Many of the so-called truths back then, even today are based on superstition and rituals that mean little or nothing to me at least.
Sparrow
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... and that Hunter S Thompson died ten years ago which is also odd, this new one hasn't posted a photograph as far as I can see
Bill Clark
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Maybe he's living on Titan.
Lots of lakes containing hydrocarbons to ignite to make heat!
Would they all blow up from a spark?
Here is some info on Cassini:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/main/index.html
Lots of lakes containing hydrocarbons to ignite to make heat!
Would they all blow up from a spark?
Here is some info on Cassini:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/main/index.html
Sparrow
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Ah, I always wondered ... why do these loudmouths crop-up at times like this? lots of typing, but just the one opinion and never any photographs ... why do they never have any photos?
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I bet some grad student forgot to clean the sensor before they closed it up for launch.
Size isn't everything just go through a blackhole......
B2 (;->
Size isn't everything just go through a blackhole......
B2 (;->
Bill Clark
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My photos are my photos.
I share them every once in a while on Facebook.
Then I delete them.
The only person I learned from with his reviews was my coach and mentor. He is not around anymore.
My choice.
Turn down the volume on your computer Stewart!
I share them every once in a while on Facebook.
Then I delete them.
The only person I learned from with his reviews was my coach and mentor. He is not around anymore.
My choice.
Turn down the volume on your computer Stewart!
Godfrey
somewhat colored
Sparrow
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I was talking about the late Hunter S Thompson Bill, not you ... sorry I didn't make it clear ... 'irony' eh?
Bill Clark
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Yes it is.
And I'm a little critter here on earth!
And I'm a little critter here on earth!
Paul Jenkin
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To quote Neil Peart's lyrics from the Rush album "Presto":
"I am made from the dust of the stars
And the oceans flow through my veins"
IMO, we would all do well to come to terms with how insignificant we are in the great cosmos of it all and what a random scientific fluke it is that we exist at all. It's quite a humbling experience to realise how utterly minuscule Earth is (let alone the human race) compared to the totality of what's out there - unless, of course, you're one of those who believes the Earth is only about 6,000 years old.
"I am made from the dust of the stars
And the oceans flow through my veins"
IMO, we would all do well to come to terms with how insignificant we are in the great cosmos of it all and what a random scientific fluke it is that we exist at all. It's quite a humbling experience to realise how utterly minuscule Earth is (let alone the human race) compared to the totality of what's out there - unless, of course, you're one of those who believes the Earth is only about 6,000 years old.
Bill Clark
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Thanks Stewart.
At least you know why I don't post photos.
No biggee.
Especially in comparison to the cosmos!
My daughter lives close to JPL and one of the children who is in the same class as her daughter (my grand daughter), her father works at JPL. He is on the team for the Curiosity Rover on Mars and he would get up and go to bed the same time as sunrise and sunset on Mars. Some day when my wife and I are visiting her in L. A. I'm going to take a tour of JPL.
At least you know why I don't post photos.
No biggee.
Especially in comparison to the cosmos!
My daughter lives close to JPL and one of the children who is in the same class as her daughter (my grand daughter), her father works at JPL. He is on the team for the Curiosity Rover on Mars and he would get up and go to bed the same time as sunrise and sunset on Mars. Some day when my wife and I are visiting her in L. A. I'm going to take a tour of JPL.
Pherdinand
the snow must go on
how important is anything, when my shoe is too tight?
Pherdinand
the snow must go on
TXForester
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Great selfie. BTW. I'm the guy standing on the left.
zauhar
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The universe only exists because we are here to see it.
That makes us pretty big!
Randy
That makes us pretty big!
Randy
Sparrow
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... that's from god's POV, so I suppose it depends on his perceived self-worth
zauhar
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Stewart I meant more from the philosophical standpoint that the universe is meaningless without a conscious observer. Without an observer it may as well not exist.
And, I am sure (although there is no way to prove it) that consciousness is found widely amongst living things - so I am not promoting an anthropocentric viewpoint.
Randy
And, I am sure (although there is no way to prove it) that consciousness is found widely amongst living things - so I am not promoting an anthropocentric viewpoint.
Randy
Bill Clark
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Could the universe have started with something other than three dimensions? Could that be what some folks think is unseen or dark energy and matter?
How could that ever be photographed?
How could that ever be photographed?
