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Post by bojangles22 on Apr 14, 2009 17:23:27 GMT -5
I'm sure you guys have seen this on digg. It's soo hard to comprehend just how tiny we are. But this picture does a good job illustrating it. how's yer mind? Blown?
Post by candyflippedaround on Apr 14, 2009 20:56:20 GMT -5
oh i know how small i am!
i had this moment one time when walking by the UMass Amherst library, the tallest academic library in the world which is almost 30 stories high and the biggest building around for miles and miles. looking at the top i realized how far away it really was, but even more than that even if i climbed soo far to the top of that building and then looked up @ the star above, that star was still infinitely out of reach even though i am on such a tall building.
i had this moment one time when walking by the UMass Amherst library, the tallest academic library in the world which is almost 30 stories high and the biggest building around for miles and miles. looking at the top i realized how far away it really was, but even more than that even if i climbed soo far to the top of that building and then looked up @ the star above, that star was still infinitely out of reach even though i am on such a tall building.
Ok, so I have two things to say:
1) I've nommed my fair share of corn tonight, buttered, salt, and peppered and I must say, what a great thread to stumble into.
2) I've nommed my fair share of corn tonight, and the above post was damn near cinematic. Soundtrack in the background and all. I approve.
Post by lordrockinhood on Apr 14, 2009 21:36:44 GMT -5
"Well.. I do take one drug now - for fun - and, maybe you've heard of it, it's a new thing, I don't know if you have or not. It's a new thing, it makes you small. [ indicates size with fingers ] About this big. And, you know, I'll be home, sitting with my friends, and, uh.. we'll be sitting around, and somebody will say, "Heeeyyy.. let's get small!" So, you know, we get small, and uh.. the only bad thing is if some tall people come over. You're walking around going, "Ah hahaha..!" Now, I know I shouldn't get small when I'm driving.. but I was driving around the other day, and I said, "What the heck?" You know? So I'm driving like.. [ extends arms high in the air like he's reaching up to a giant steering wheel ] And, uh.. a cop pulls me over. And he makes me get out, he looks at me and he says, "Heyyy.. are you small"? I said, "No-o-o! I'm not!" He said, "Well, I'm gonna have to measure you." They have this little test they give you - they give you a balloon.. and if you can get inside of it, they know you're small. Now, I've already talked it over with the cast - they've been working all week, it's a tough thing to do, come out here live. Immediately after the show, we're all gonna go out.. and get really small! "
Post by bojangles22 on Apr 14, 2009 22:43:23 GMT -5
hahaha^^
There is something to this big/small thing. It's hard not to sound so vague, but the human language has been around longer than mind blowing things like space telescopes and crazy insane microscopes, so it's hard to grasp in words just how much stuff is out there around us we don't even kn.. oh no ive gone cross eyed.
I'm the opposite of moderate, immaculately polished With the spirit of a hustler and the swagger of a college kid Allergic to the counterfeit, impartial to the politics Articulate but still would grab a ni**a by the colla quick
There was a clip of Cosmic Voyage earlier in this thread. It's narrated by Morgan Freeman and is one of my all time favorite movies. Check it out if you get a chance. Infinite bigness and infinite smallness all in one movie.
Post by bojangles22 on Apr 16, 2009 13:08:10 GMT -5
I've never really looked into the whole fractals thing, but i've been youtubing "Arthur C. Clarke: Fractals the color of infinity". I'm going to wait till i get home so i can better research this if you know what i mean...
Post by nitetimeritetime on Apr 16, 2009 13:48:41 GMT -5
Fractals are pretty darn cool. They are self-similar, meaning you can take a piece of a fractal, zoom in on it, and it looks the same as the larger fractal. You can keep doing that infinitely, and each piece you cut out will look similar to the larger piece you cut it from.
Bojangles noted that atomic and galactic structures are similar, as are mundane biological structures like trees and ferns, as also are lighning bolts, coastlines, mountain ranges and lots of other stuff.
Because fractals aren't just theoretical or just computer generated, and they actually occur in nature, it is possible that in our smallness each and every one of us is a microcosm of our cosmos, a self-contained image of the entire universe.
;D
