space

[Anarchist Freedom]

i have always been interested in space. Not because of the way it functions but based soley on its looks i mean its amazing its endless for all we know the stars are amazing the way it looks during a cloudless night during the summer. i really just dont deserve such a great thing like this. have you ever had the feeling that when you look at space things just seem better?






CGLM!

[Individual]

This is something that has boggled my mind since I was a kid:

(It's sort of hard to explain, bare with me. Let me know if you catch my drift, and have had similar thoughts.)

Start off by thinking of space, our planet, life, constant movement across the globe. With this in mind, try and think of the Universe as absolutely nothing. Sit there, close your eyes, and imagine absolutely pure nothing. No Universe, no life, no black, no stars, absolutely nothing. Think of a TV shutting off, and the 'zap' that it does while shutting off. Imagine this with the universe.

There would be no life, nothing to even realize there is nothing. (Damn, my mind is on a trip now).

If there was absolutely nothing in the universe, there would be nobody/thing to even realize that there was nothing. It would just be pure nothing, with no life/thing to know that nothing existed.

(Have I lost you yet? It's very hard to explain)

No universe means no life. No life means no thoughts. No thoughts mean no universe. It's all just absolutely insane. I probably sound as if I am repeating myself, however this is the one and only thing that I cannot think with pure logic on, for it just blows me away everytime.

If you realize what I'm saying, please let me know. I'm sure I can't be the only one out there, actually I'm positive I can't be. If I did lose you; just close your eyes and think of nothing. Not even blackness, just nothing. There would be nobody/thing to even realize that there was nothing, because there is nothing.

Damn, I have got to stop this nonsense. Everytime I start thinking of this my brain goes crazy.

Edit: By the way SF...

have you ever had the feeling that when you look at space things just seem better?

I know what you mean. I've learned from being out in the middle of the ocean, where you can see thousands of stars shining brightly and even the northern lights, that outerspace is fascinating. It can either completely relax you, or it can make your brain go into overdrive and you get lost for hours in your own thoughts. I swear it makes you feel like you are learning something by the second while staring into space.

[Anarchist Freedom]

soo true soo true man, are you high or something?





CGLM!

[Individual]

soo true soo true man, are you high or something?

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one with these thoughts.

And no, I was not high. It was St. Paddy's though. However even without babbling drunk nonsense, that honestly puts my mind into a trip everytime I think about it.

[The Red Factor]

The endless possibility of space has always amazed me. The thought that something is infinitely big has always had my head spinning. It leaves limitless options of what can occur and what can exist (such as Intelligent life). I always hoped that we would have definite proof of extra terrestrial life before my time passes. But I can only dream.

[DarkAngel]

its really amazing. i don't think the human brain is capable of handeling infinity. But still imagine the different civilazations, different colors, different intellegence ect... Theres life out there, just not very close to us..

[Xvall]

You sound like you're high. All joking aside, I'm with you man. Space is awsome. I just hate it when the government spends three trillion dollars to go and collect some rocks.

[The Red Factor]

Yeah i don't think a mission to mars or the moon will solve or proove much. But then again what else have scientists got to do, their probably just bored. I agree money shouldn't be wasted just so people can say "we did that". Although it is a good thing that we have the ability.

[toastedmonkey]

The human mind cant handle big numbers. I think it was Stalin that said "one death is a tradegy, a million is a statistic". I mean you can imagine, life as just our solar system or galaxy, but the thought of the universe is too big for the mind to comprehend.

whoever said it was right, the mind cant handle infinety, trying to think of the limits or edges of the universe is hard, what is at the end? is there an end? is it, like so many other things in the universe, a sphere? if so are there other spheres? and whats this sphere in (like out planet is in the solar system)?
Hubbles law says the universe is expanding, then what space is it filling up???

[Xvall]

Is easier to think about those things while under the influence of hallucinogenic substances.

Anyways, scientists have pleanty of better things to do with their time. Finding alternate fuel sources and curing diseases, among other things.

[The Red Factor]

Anyways, scientists have pleanty of better things to do with their time. Finding alternate fuel sources and curing diseases, among other things.

True but I don't reallly see how effective their research is. I haven't heard of a cure for a life threatening disease for a long while now. And alternate fuel sources will probably be only taken serious when our oil supplies get to very low level.

[dark fairy]

i think it is just so mind medeling!!! i always think about space!!! it is just cool

[Jesus Christ]

space is just an amazing thing, and so mind boggling at times, but can be dissapointing when you kinda realize that there is probably not a whole lot out there lol

[Take the Power back]

When I think of space, I think of Star Wars. Remember how far they went through the galaxies? And that was "...a long, long time ago, in a galaxy far away..." so, in theory, the universe has to be that big, because what is there create a "beginning" or an "end"? Imagine, thoughsand of years from now, a space cruiser running along smoothly, until *bam!* right into the end of space, a large black wall. Food for thought.

[JokingClown]

Originally posted by AlwaysQuestion@Mar 18 2004, 05:00 AM
This is something that has boggled my mind since I was a kid:

(It's sort of hard to explain, bare with me. Let me know if you catch my drift, and have had similar thoughts.)

Start off by thinking of space, our planet, life, constant movement across the globe. With this in mind, try and think of the Universe as absolutely nothing. Sit there, close your eyes, and imagine absolutely pure nothing. No Universe, no life, no black, no stars, absolutely nothing. Think of a TV shutting off, and the 'zap' that it does while shutting off. Imagine this with the universe.

There would be no life, nothing to even realize there is nothing. (Damn, my mind is on a trip now).

If there was absolutely nothing in the universe, there would be nobody/thing to even realize that there was nothing. It would just be pure nothing, with no life/thing to know that nothing existed.

(Have I lost you yet? It's very hard to explain)

No universe means no life. No life means no thoughts. No thoughts mean no universe. It's all just absolutely insane. I probably sound as if I am repeating myself, however this is the one and only thing that I cannot think with pure logic on, for it just blows me away everytime.

If you realize what I'm saying, please let me know. I'm sure I can't be the only one out there, actually I'm positive I can't be. If I did lose you; just close your eyes and think of nothing. Not even blackness, just nothing. There would be nobody/thing to even realize that there was nothing, because there is nothing.

Damn, I have got to stop this nonsense. Everytime I start thinking of this my brain goes crazy.

Edit: By the way SF...

have you ever had the feeling that when you look at space things just seem better?

I know what you mean. I've learned from being out in the middle of the ocean, where you can see thousands of stars shining brightly and even the northern lights, that outerspace is fascinating. It can either completely relax you, or it can make your brain go into overdrive and you get lost for hours in your own thoughts. I swear it makes you feel like you are learning something by the second while staring into space.

I think of the same thing. This is another thought that frequents my mind... slightly simpler.
Just imagine a ring.. now imagine something circling this ring forever. It just keeps going around in a circle, never ending, never changing momentum or direction. In a thousand years it is still circling. After the whole of mankind has destroyed itself, it continues to circle.

For me, I always picture it having an end. I always picture the object circling slowing down, or bumping into another object, or exploding. I cant imagine something going on forever.

Even simpler... I'm not religious, but this is a perfect example... supposedly God is, has always been, and always will be. How can this be? The human mind cannot fathom the meaning of the word "eternity"

[Don't Change Your Name]

Originally posted by AlwaysQuestion@Mar 18 2004, 05:00 AM
This is something that has boggled my mind since I was a kid:

(It's sort of hard to explain, bare with me. Let me know if you catch my drift, and have had similar thoughts.)

Start off by thinking of space, our planet, life, constant movement across the globe. With this in mind, try and think of the Universe as absolutely nothing. Sit there, close your eyes, and imagine absolutely pure nothing. No Universe, no life, no black, no stars, absolutely nothing. Think of a TV shutting off, and the 'zap' that it does while shutting off. Imagine this with the universe.

There would be no life, nothing to even realize there is nothing. (Damn, my mind is on a trip now).

If there was absolutely nothing in the universe, there would be nobody/thing to even realize that there was nothing. It would just be pure nothing, with no life/thing to know that nothing existed.

(Have I lost you yet? It's very hard to explain)

No universe means no life. No life means no thoughts. No thoughts mean no universe. It's all just absolutely insane. I probably sound as if I am repeating myself, however this is the one and only thing that I cannot think with pure logic on, for it just blows me away everytime.

If you realize what I'm saying, please let me know. I'm sure I can't be the only one out there, actually I'm positive I can't be. If I did lose you; just close your eyes and think of nothing. Not even blackness, just nothing. There would be nobody/thing to even realize that there was nothing, because there is nothing.

Damn, I have got to stop this nonsense. Everytime I start thinking of this my brain goes crazy.

Yeah.....another way to think about it is imagining how did it appear. What was there before that moment when it all "exploded" and time and space appeared? Trying to imagine that is really difficult! I guess it's just very complicated for us nowadays, maybe in the future our more evolved grandgrandgrandgrandgrandchildren will understand more about this.

Another thing, try to imagine the universe with no life! Just thing floating around and no one to feel them!

Imagine, thoughsand of years from now, a space cruiser running along smoothly, until *bam!* right into the end of space, a large black wall. Food for thought.

Ouch! What will "we" do then? Maybe try to perforate the wall? Or maybe the crash would make the matter, for some reason, start moving to the interior of the universe, until we are "crushed" by it! Wow!

[CommoditiesAretheOpiumofPeople]

Some guy said that true knowledge comes in knowing that you know nothing at all. We probably will never understand everything but it's important to try. Still, space is just proof that a lot of things matter relatively little in the grand scheme of things (not "God's" grand scheme by the way; fuck that.)

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Drake Dracoli, how can a scientist work on a cure for diseases when his speciality is Astrophysics?

[Anarchist Freedom]

^^lmao

I agree with drake the understanding space it greatly helps to be under the influence of a halluciogen...