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OT: a sense of scale 2 - 12/6/2014 7:57:25 AM   
LoBaron


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Status: offline 		Inspired by obvert´s sense of scale thread:

Scale Of The Universe 2

One of the most awe inspiring links I have ever found.

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RE: OT: a sense of scale 2 - 12/6/2014 9:04:13 AM   
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RE: OT: a sense of scale 2 - 12/6/2014 9:12:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		I love this!! I need to pass it on to the physics/science teachers I know.

Interesting timing as I just watched the first episode of Carl Sagan's Cosmos last night, which was hugely influential on me as a ten year old.

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RE: OT: a sense of scale 2 - 12/6/2014 9:18:12 AM   
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RE: OT: a sense of scale 2 - 12/6/2014 2:20:52 PM   
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RE: OT: a sense of scale 2 - 12/6/2014 4:10:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yepperino. And Stephen Hawking says that a species that develops a true AI will soon become extinct. So how 'bout a universe of galaxies, filled with artificial mechanical intelligences, and a subset of biological lifeforms who just ain't got there yet?

On another, more human note, Do ya'll know that the Normandy Campaign happened within a single AE hex? Ciao. JWE

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