Re: Putting it all in perspective...
Very cool diagrams, Nick. Anything that helps put things in perspective is good by me. We truly are miniscule in proportion to the big scheme of things. But the fact that we're so miniscule, yet able to contemplate our minisculousity (yes, I just invented a new word) is amazing.
I miss Carl Sagan! Carl was incredibly gifted at explaining the immensity of the cosmos in such a way that just about anyone listening would shit their pants in amazement.
Did I just say what I think I said?
Oh, and in
Pale Blue Dot he really drove home the point about how small and insignificant we humans are in this universe. If I had the book with me right now I'd quote him directly, but he was saying that it is ludicrous to think that a God would create this entire universe just for us humans. Why would God create Arcturus? How about Titan?
(This sure is fun having a laptop at an Open House. All that dead time waiting for potential buyers can be spent reading and responding to posts
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Edited by: Chris OConnor 
at: 7/29/06 3:39 pm
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