This new study makes LA look like a pigsty.

[Giest4life]

Yet again, our scientists have determined that we were wrong, as this new study is being published that tells us that we have 300% times the stars we previously thought in the universe. For those of you who will not read this story by the Associated Press [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101201/ap_on_sc/us_sci_starry_night], it tells us that we have now an estimated 300 Sextillion (giggle) stars in the universe. And some of which follow a pattern of formation completely different from our own milky-way.

Cheers at your insignificance.

 

[Quiet Stranger]

Yet again, our scientists have determined that we were wrong, as this new study is being published that tells us that we have 300% times the stars we previously thought in the universe. For those of you who will not read this story by the Associated Press [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101201/ap_on_sc/us_sci_starry_night], it tells us that we have now an estimated 300 Sextillion (giggle) stars in the universe. And some of which follow a pattern of formation completely different from our own milky-way.

Cheers at your insignificance.

How does that make LA look like a pigsty?

 

[DiMono]

When I read the title of this thread I thought it would be about pollution or obesity or something, or the fact that the air in Los Angeles is literally brown when viewed from overhead. What does any of this have to do with LA?

 

[PowRightInTheKisser]

stars
as in movie stars
i get it
but yeh nice to know =)

 

[Giest4life]

When I read the title of this thread I thought it would be about pollution or obesity or something, or the fact that the air in Los Angeles is literally brown when viewed from overhead. What does any of this have to do with LA?

Stars.....

 

[zfactor]

Yet again, our scientists have determined that we were wrong, as this new study is being published that tells us that we have 300% times the stars we previously thought in the universe. For those of you who will not read this story by the Associated Press [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101201/ap_on_sc/us_sci_starry_night], it tells us that we have now an estimated 300 Sextillion (giggle) stars in the universe. And some of which follow a pattern of formation completely different from our own milky-way.

Cheers at your insignificance.

Yup, there are a buttload of stars out there. Some of which might be outside of the realm we can see (their light is taking forever to reach us).

It does make you feel insignificant to look at the milky way galaxy in the sky. You think, wow, I'm a speck (one human) on a speck (the earth) orbiting a speck (the sun) in a massive cluster of specks (our galaxy) in an even massiver cluster of specks (our local supercluster) which is an insignificant part of the entire universe.

And you think you're important.

 

[Irridium]

What does this have to do with LA again?

 

[Giest4life]

Yet again, our scientists have determined that we were wrong, as this new study is being published that tells us that we have 300% times the stars we previously thought in the universe. For those of you who will not read this story by the Associated Press [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101201/ap_on_sc/us_sci_starry_night], it tells us that we have now an estimated 300 Sextillion (giggle) stars in the universe. And some of which follow a pattern of formation completely different from our own milky-way.

Cheers at your insignificance.

Yup, there are a buttload of stars out there. Some of which might be outside of the realm we can see (their light is taking forever to reach us).

It does make you feel insignificant to look at the milky way galaxy in the sky. You think, wow, I'm a speck (one human) on a speck (the earth) orbiting a speck (the sun) in a massive cluster of specks (our galaxy) in an even massiver cluster of specks (our local supercluster) which is an insignificant part of the entire universe.

And you think you're important.

Yes, actually. You know why? Because it's me *Cheers*

 

[Elburzito]

Yet again, our scientists have determined that we were wrong, as this new study is being published that tells us that we have 300% times the stars we previously thought in the universe. For those of you who will not read this story by the Associated Press [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101201/ap_on_sc/us_sci_starry_night], it tells us that we have now an estimated 300 Sextillion (giggle) stars in the universe. And some of which follow a pattern of formation completely different from our own milky-way.

Cheers at your insignificance.

Yup, there are a buttload of stars out there. Some of which might be outside of the realm we can see (their light is taking forever to reach us).

It does make you feel insignificant to look at the milky way galaxy in the sky. You think, wow, I'm a speck (one human) on a speck (the earth) orbiting a speck (the sun) in a massive cluster of specks (our galaxy) in an even massiver cluster of specks (our local supercluster) which is an insignificant part of the entire universe.

And you think you're important.

Not to mention that there could be, amongst those millions of specks, other lifeforms thinking this exact same thing....


So....yeah. I'm pretty insignificant.

 

[zfactor]

Yet again, our scientists have determined that we were wrong, as this new study is being published that tells us that we have 300% times the stars we previously thought in the universe. For those of you who will not read this story by the Associated Press [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101201/ap_on_sc/us_sci_starry_night], it tells us that we have now an estimated 300 Sextillion (giggle) stars in the universe. And some of which follow a pattern of formation completely different from our own milky-way.

Cheers at your insignificance.

Yup, there are a buttload of stars out there. Some of which might be outside of the realm we can see (their light is taking forever to reach us).

It does make you feel insignificant to look at the milky way galaxy in the sky. You think, wow, I'm a speck (one human) on a speck (the earth) orbiting a speck (the sun) in a massive cluster of specks (our galaxy) in an even massiver cluster of specks (our local supercluster) which is an insignificant part of the entire universe.

And you think you're important.

Yes, actually. You know why? Because it's me *Cheers*

Yeah, well now we are getting into psychology rather than comparasons of the size of a human to the size of the universe. Oh, I can add a last part to the speck on a speck thing: ...entire universe which is part of the multiverse (universe with contained universes).

For more discussion value: Is there any way to tell that we aren't all in someone's dream? Or all in a perfect virtual reality? Or stuck in a black hole multiverse spawn and thus not the original "reality?"

 

[Lilani]

In regards to the title of this thread:

In regards to the actual content...well that's cool and all, but I'd much rather see that money sent to NASA (or other similar organizations) so we can start building condos on the Moon and summerhomes on Mars.

 

[Iwata]

Well that title made no sense. I came here willing to devote my support to the notion that LA is indeed a pigsty, only to find a random thread about the number of stars in the galaxy.

 

[Skuffyshootster]

Like...light pollution?

 

[Giest4life]

Yet again, our scientists have determined that we were wrong, as this new study is being published that tells us that we have 300% times the stars we previously thought in the universe. For those of you who will not read this story by the Associated Press [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101201/ap_on_sc/us_sci_starry_night], it tells us that we have now an estimated 300 Sextillion (giggle) stars in the universe. And some of which follow a pattern of formation completely different from our own milky-way.

Cheers at your insignificance.

Yup, there are a buttload of stars out there. Some of which might be outside of the realm we can see (their light is taking forever to reach us).

It does make you feel insignificant to look at the milky way galaxy in the sky. You think, wow, I'm a speck (one human) on a speck (the earth) orbiting a speck (the sun) in a massive cluster of specks (our galaxy) in an even massiver cluster of specks (our local supercluster) which is an insignificant part of the entire universe.

And you think you're important.

Yes, actually. You know why? Because it's me *Cheers*

Yeah, well now we are getting into psychology rather than comparasons of the size of a human to the size of the universe. Oh, I can add a last part to the speck on a speck thing: ...entire universe which is part of the multiverse (universe with contained universes).

For more discussion value: Is there any way to tell that we aren't all in someone's dream? Or all in a perfect virtual reality? Or stuck in a black hole multiverse spawn and thus not the original "reality?"

Yes: sum ergo cogito

 

[Aidinthel]

What does this have to do with LA again?

It's a pun on the word stars.

 

[Starnerf]

I don't know, being on the only planet in that whole mess of stars that we know has life makes me feel pretty significant.

 

[Irridium]

What does this have to do with LA again?

It's a pun on the word stars.

Oh. OH. Ohhhhhhhhh. I see now!

Well I guess thats kind of funny.

 

[Vigormortis]

What does this have to do with LA again?

It's a pun on the word stars.

Oh, I got it. What little there was to get. Using "pigsty" wasn't the best choice for this particular pun. Irridium and others are right. The joke makes no sense.

O.T. This doesn't surprise me, actually. I always felt that the estimates of the number of stars in the viewable universe were a little low. Especially, as we're starting to find out, there are many times more dwarf galaxies than we initially thought (several orbiting our own galaxy), among other such findings as of late.

I don't know, being on the only planet in that whole mess of stars that we know has life makes me feel pretty significant.

Well, seeing as how tenacious we're discovering life is and the breadth of environments it can actually survive in, if you consider how many planets are likely in the universe, maintaining the idea that we're "all that there is" is both ignorant and pretentious. I think we're at a point where we need to start thinking about how many worlds out there have intelligent life versus simple life, instead of debating whether or not we're the only life in the universe.

 

[Arsen]

LA is great to visit, but man I'd never want to live there. From what I hear, the more North you go in California the more normal society and neighborhoods become.

 

[zfactor]

Yes: sum ergo cogito

Ah, the famous I think, therefore I am.

But how do you prove that? How can you prove to someone else that you think? As far as I know, no one man can get totally within another's. So it is impossible to prove to me that you think. As far as proving to yourself that you think, well, I we are doing that right now by thinking about thinking...

Sorry, minor brain hemmorrage.

So your arguement "I think, therefore I am" is enough to prove to yourself that you exist. Actually, it is enough to prove to yourself that you think you exist. Which is actually my question, is that enough to qualify existance? Is thinking you exist enough to prove you exist?

My answer is no, there is no definite way to prove your own existance (at least to someone else, I suppose thinking you exist is enough for most people...).