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And to think that all of that is the result of something that did not exist blowing up.
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View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Scientists who think we are alone with those kinds of odds are nuts. We are not special. The ingredients of earth are everywhere. Everything we see is made up of the same elements. The probability of life beyond Earth are guaranteed. We have just started trying to find it or be found ourselves but eventually we will do one or the other. The odds might be so low that there may only be 8 to 15 other intelligent lifeforms in our galaxy but I bet most solar systems have at the least some form of pond scum. I would bet the the great divide for intelligent life is just giving it the right environment for a long enough time. It took Earth 4 billion years with 500 million years of a stable earth to get us here. So give the right planet 300m - 1b years and you will probably see advanced life. Not true. ![]() It’s cute watching humans comprehend our little speck of knowledge of the universe and try to proportionate it to everything we don’t know about the universe. Like I’m doing. ![]() We are not alone. We are not unique, life outside Earth is as common as the elements that inhabit this rock. At an infinity scale. |
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Quoted: I will never understand why we think the idea of life in other planets is a good thing. Life is based on, and dependent upon, dominating and consuming other forms of life. View Quote Energy. Will come a point when we will be able to replicate protein and anything else to where fighting for resources from hostile planets will be pointless. Need water? Take hydrogen and oxygen and make your own. |
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Quoted: Given the phenomenal distances, we are alone. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Scientists who think we are alone with those kinds of odds are nuts. We are not special. The ingredients of earth are everywhere. Everything we see is made up of the same elements. The probability of life beyond Earth are guaranteed. We have just started trying to find it or be found ourselves but eventually we will do one or the other. The odds might be so low that there may only be 8 to 15 other intelligent lifeforms in our galaxy but I bet most solar systems have at the least some form of pond scum. I would bet the the great divide for intelligent life is just giving it the right environment for a long enough time. It took Earth 4 billion years with 500 million years of a stable earth to get us here. So give the right planet 300m - 1b years and you will probably see advanced life. Given the phenomenal distances, we are alone. Ancient man thought the Moon was far far away, never to be reached by man. |
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The first time looking up and actually pondering the true immensity of it all was damn humbling and pretty much unfathomable. Shit be big, yo!
![]() These images take that to an entirely new level of awe. Very cool stuff. |
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Images like this makes me sad that we haven't launched the Webb telescope yet.
I want to know what is past what we have already seen. I'm rooting for all their estimations of how large the universe is to be completely wrong. ![]() |
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Quoted: https://i.redd.it/6qrz5tkbvtq61.jpg From Hubble... Go ahead, zoom in. https://esahubble.org/images/heic1502a/zoomable/ View Quote Go ahead, zoom in. Looks like some vintage 1970 shag carpet (at a friends crash pad) covered with pee and barf ![]() ETA - Seriously very cool, thanks for posting. |
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Quoted: Energy. Will come a point when we will be able to replicate protein and anything else to where fighting for resources from hostile planets will be pointless. Need water? Take hydrogen and oxygen and make your own. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I will never understand why we think the idea of life in other planets is a good thing. Life is based on, and dependent upon, dominating and consuming other forms of life. Energy. Will come a point when we will be able to replicate protein and anything else to where fighting for resources from hostile planets will be pointless. Need water? Take hydrogen and oxygen and make your own. Makes no difference to every firm of life we've ever known besides our own, none of which would ever make a distinction between protein made without other life to that which was made from other life. Life as we know it is not in any way benign to other life. It didn't evolve that way, it never could have evolved that way. It is literally antithetical to how life works. |
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I believe there's life out there but I don't believe two forms of life will ever occupy the same space and time.
The distances are too vast. |
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Quoted: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/120485/886923986435a2a8340d635292538f21_jpg-1890785.JPG Taking it to a whole new level. View Quote It's true. One of my most mind opening moments was sitting in the dark, in the mountains under more stars than I can remember seeing in a long time. |
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If life exists here, other life exists elsewhere. But given the incredible distances in the universe the chances that contact is made is likely close to zero.
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Quoted: Images like this makes me sad that we haven't launched the Webb telescope yet. I want to know what is past what we have already seen. I'm rooting for all their estimations of how large the universe is to be completely wrong. ![]() View Quote ![]() Spinal Tap - What the end feels like |
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Quoted: Quoted: Images like this makes me sad that we haven't launched the Webb telescope yet. I want to know what is past what we have already seen. I'm rooting for all their estimations of how large the universe is to be completely wrong. ![]() ![]() ![]() If their theories are correct, there is a point where the universe has an ending point, which it it is constantly expanding past. What is it expanding "into" though, if it is just blank space, then is that blank space a vacuum? For a vacuum to exist, there has to be something for it to react against, like the walls of a container. What is that container and what is beyond that? Makes my brain just fizzle after a certain point |
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Now imagine that each one of those stars is a galaxy with roughly the same amount of stars in it.
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I don’t know how anyone can look at that and believe that there’s no life elsewhere.
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@gaizkaeta
Basically it means the ecliptic, the orbit of all the planets around the Sun in our Solar System, lines up with certain "hot" and "cold" delineations of the Cosmic Microwave Background. Coincidence? Maybe... probably...very interesting though. Watch the vid below for a better explanation. ![]() (Undebunkable) Cosmic Microwave Background Proves Intelligent Design- but by whom? |
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Quoted: I will never understand why we think the idea of life in other planets is a good thing. Life is based on, and dependent upon, dominating and consuming other forms of life. View Quote Exactly, I don't want them to find out we are here and wonder what type of barbeque sauce and alcohol pairs well with with humans. |
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Quoted: @gaizkaeta Basically it means the ecliptic, the orbit of all the planets around the Sun in our Solar System, lines up with certain "hot" and "cold" delineations of the Cosmic Microwave Background. Coincidence? Maybe... probably...very interesting though. Watch the vid below for a better explanation. ![]() View Quote Now I get it and actually it's pretty spooky and cool. |
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Quoted: It’s cute watching humans comprehend our little speck of knowledge of the universe and try to proportionate it to everything we don’t know about the universe. Like I’m doing. ![]() We are not alone. We are not unique, life outside Earth is as common as the elements that inhabit this rock. At an infinity scale. View Quote The science as we know it is referenced by Isaac Arthur in that video. We are rare if not unique. The element discussed that make our existence possible, phosphorus in particular, is rare in the universe, so rare that it may make our own expansion difficult or very restricted into other worlds. We cannot extrapolate much about life elsewhere from our own existence. If you want to play the probability game, factor phosphorus into the Drake equation. That would contribute something to the discussion. |
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With the sheer number of stars, I would be extremely surprised if life isn't abundant in the universe.
It's a shame we will never get to explore outside our own galaxy. |
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Quoted: Exactly, I don't want them to find out we are here and wonder what type of barbeque sauce and alcohol pairs well with with humans. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I will never understand why we think the idea of life in other planets is a good thing. Life is based on, and dependent upon, dominating and consuming other forms of life. Exactly, I don't want them to find out we are here and wonder what type of barbeque sauce and alcohol pairs well with with humans. If a civilization can somehow manage intergalactic travel it will be so advanced that one of two things will happen. Either they explore everything, attempting to communicate, or at least observe and collect as much data as they can. Or they realize that it's a mistake to explore and become vulnerable and they come up with something like a Dyson sphere and basically go dark to the rest of the universe. It's extremely unlikely a civilization that can travel between galaxies wants anything to do with war or hostility towards other species, or they would have killed themselves off way before that point. |
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Quoted: The science as we know it is referenced by Isaac Arthur in that video. We are rare if not unique. The element discussed that make our existence possible, phosphorus in particular, is rare in the universe, so rare that it may make our own expansion difficult or very restricted into other worlds. We cannot extrapolate much about life elsewhere from our own existence. If you want to play the probability game, factor phosphorus into the Drake equation. That would contribute something to the discussion. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: It’s cute watching humans comprehend our little speck of knowledge of the universe and try to proportionate it to everything we don’t know about the universe. Like I’m doing. ![]() We are not alone. We are not unique, life outside Earth is as common as the elements that inhabit this rock. At an infinity scale. The science as we know it is referenced by Isaac Arthur in that video. We are rare if not unique. The element discussed that make our existence possible, phosphorus in particular, is rare in the universe, so rare that it may make our own expansion difficult or very restricted into other worlds. We cannot extrapolate much about life elsewhere from our own existence. If you want to play the probability game, factor phosphorus into the Drake equation. That would contribute something to the discussion. Our survey nebula based phosphorus has a sample size of two. One was rich, the other lean in phosphorus content. I think it’s a valid point of study, but needs far more samples to draw a solid conclusion. |
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Quoted: The first time looking up and actually pondering the true immensity of it all was damn humbling and pretty much unfathomable. Shit be big, yo! ![]() These images take that to an entirely new level of awe. Very cool stuff. View Quote Try it on LSD. Shit will fry your brain thinking about it. |
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Quoted: Our survey nebula based phosphorus has a sample size of two. One was rich, the other lean in phosphorus content. I think it’s a valid point of study, but needs far more samples to draw a solid conclusion. View Quote Agree. Come on Webb! |
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Quoted: Light speed. A light year is an insurmountable obstacle. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Ancient man thought the Moon was far far away, never to be reached by man. Light speed. A light year is an insurmountable obstacle. We’ll need to figure out a workaround. Folding space, latching onto a tachyon, something. |
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![]() https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Ultra-Deep_Field The Hubble Ultra-Deep Field (HUDF) is an image of a small region of space in the constellation Fornax, containing an estimated 10,000 galaxies. View Quote This is even more fascinating. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Now imagine that each one of those stars is a galaxy with roughly the same amount of stars in it. Come again? A star is a galaxy? When viewed far enough away the collective light of a galaxy can appear as a single star. |
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That is mind blowing amazing. I wish we could know the infinite possibilities of life.... probably some asshole that’s looks like me typing this same post a gajillion light years away.
Thank you OP. |
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98 pages. Higher resolution links can be found in the margins after clicking on the photo in the gallery page.
Have fun... https://esahubble.org/images/page/1/ |
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