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“It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination.”
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The planet Earth doesn't matter i the grand scheme of the universe... Yeah, we don't matter XD.
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

If anything, I'd say that the universe could be better without mankind, not the planet earth


Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Since the Universe is moving away from Earth in all directions I can only surmise that the decision has already been made and now it's only a matter of time... Smile


the day mankind will start setting foot on Mars and settle there, may be the universe will be better off without, but let's face it's (for now) our only exit... especially now that Trump will allow his buddies to sully and pollute freely. 


While I agree with your statement about Trump I wonder why there is no mention of the pollution problem which exists in Europe?
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Answer is quite clearly yes
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If anything, I'd say that the universe could be better without mankind, not the planet earth


Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Since the Universe is moving away from Earth in all directions I can only surmise that the decision has already been made and now it's only a matter of time... Smile


the day mankind will start setting foot on Mars and settle there, may be the universe will be better off without, but let's face it's (for now) our only exit... especially now that Trump will allow his buddies to sully and pollute freely. 


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The universe would be better without planets
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Nah, the universe would be too Censored boring without Earth.
He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball!
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I wouldn't put a sudden poo-fling past a future Trump press conference (people would probably love it); "Trump Hurls Monkey Feces at George Stephanopoulos-- Secret Service Steps In, Trump's Favorability Hits All Time High"


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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

In evolutionary terms we're not that different from our ape ancestors who took great pleasure in flinging poo at each other (in that respect we've hardly evolved at all), so in spite of all we've achieved that we think makes us special we are a primitive lifeform with a lot to learn and a hell of lot more evolving to do. 
 
Couldn't agree more with this statement..........

And.....even though in recent centuries the tools of modern science have expanded our understanding of the physical universe in really unprecedented ways, many of the answers obtained thus far - both from experimental observations and the theories that still underlie much of modern physics - are laden with a number of assumptions.... Ouch 
So, while our society places a high degree of confidence in science due to our technological advancements, we must though be careful to identify its limitations...
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With Trump in control, I think so..................
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The universe is to dumb to know we own it. It should keep its mouth shut. Have you seen its ratings?Sad. Pathetic.

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Why not?
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Ivan it is okay to say you really do not know
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Originally posted by timothy leary timothy leary wrote:

How do you know we are insignificant in universal terms?

Well, simply a matter of distance.

Our solar system is one of 200 million only in our galaxy

We haven't even reached the closest planet and most likely we won't be going outside our solar system in centuries (Except for some probes).

So...What's the effect we can create in universal terms?

Insignificant.
            
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Originally posted by CPicard CPicard wrote:

Originally posted by Cambus741 Cambus741 wrote:

How could the universe be better off without Pink Floyd, Marillion, Hawkwind, Queen, etc

seriously there still is no evidence whatsoever of any other civilisations anywhere else in the Galaxy and quantum physics does suggest that  the Universe needs an intelligent observer in order to exist so therefore it must produce intelligent life. 


I'm not sure quantum physics say such a thing.

Quantum physics............. or how about a Higgs Boson? 

The Higgs Boson walks into a church. The Priest says, "we don't allow Higgs Bosons' in here. The Higgs Boson says "But without me how can you have mass?" Cool
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Originally posted by aglasshouse aglasshouse wrote:

"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam."


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Originally posted by Cambus741 Cambus741 wrote:

How could the universe be better off without Pink Floyd, Marillion, Hawkwind, Queen, etc

seriously there still is no evidence whatsoever of any other civilisations anywhere else in the Galaxy and quantum physics does suggest that  the Universe needs an intelligent observer in order to exist so therefore it must produce intelligent life. 


I'm not sure quantum physics say such a thing.
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How could the universe be better off without Pink Floyd, Marillion, Hawkwind, Queen, etc

seriously there still is no evidence whatsoever of any other civilisations anywhere else in the Galaxy and quantum physics does suggest that  the Universe needs an intelligent observer in order to exist so therefore it must produce intelligent life. 
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