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[–]1137 9 points10 points ago

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Knowing what we know, I just can't help but be jealous of our children's children and the things they'll see.

[–]wickedblow 2 points3 points ago

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i think about this a lot. it gives me hope for humanity really.

[–]jamesbiff 1 point2 points ago

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Who knows, we could be part of the generation that makes the breakthroughs that allow humanity to step outside of our solar system, that would be good enough for me to die happy.

[–]AdaAstra 1 point2 points ago

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Well, so far, my design for the first galactic slingshot goes unfunded. It will work. My designs were flawlessly drawn on a cocktail napkin.

[–]jamesbiff 4 points5 points ago

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When i think how completely insignificant our solar interstellar neighbourhood makes us look, then look at the observable universe....it makes me feel how stupid everything i do is that isnt dedicated to science and hopefully the pursuit of launching myself out into it.

[–]HideABear 2 points3 points ago

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And some say earth is the only planet with life; That's kind of hard to believe considering this.

[–]pdb01 2 points3 points ago

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If it is the "observable" universe, how can we not be at the center?

[–]tlrpsu 1 point2 points ago

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this is terrific

[–]r0hto88 1 point2 points ago

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my mind is beyond fucked!!

[–]Dickybow 0 points1 point ago

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The Universe is cylindrical? I did not know that.

[–]jamesbiff 0 points1 point ago

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Some physicists theorise that the universe is torus shaped.

[–]dubman42 0 points1 point ago

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TIL torus is a fancy name for donut shaped. We all live in a donut!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Space having negative curvature does not mean the universe is torus-shaped. Especially not a three-dimensional torus.

[–]jamesbiff 0 points1 point ago

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i didnt say i think that.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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You did say some physicists think that, which isn't true either.

[–]PhillOS 0 points1 point ago

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It gives me that empty feeling inside.. where you just sit and your mind starts to wander off, thinking of the incredible insignificance you are in the this VAST expanding universe!

[–]RaelX 0 points1 point ago

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I'm equally amazed - mostly at how incomprehensible the scale is - but just because you hit one of my philosophical buttons I'll chime in (adding to the discussion or whatever) and say that I really think it's a fallacy to bring "significance" in with scale. Significant things could be happening microscopically in comparison to us right now also - moreover, significance itself could be perspectival. I don't think the largess of the universe has any implication on "our significance" is all.

[–]SnakeyesX 0 points1 point ago

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Besides the obvious cylinder thing, some of these pictures are wrong, and that makes me sad

[–]Butt-HoleSurfer 0 points1 point ago

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We live in a giant can? What if we're all like, micro-organisms inside a can of soup and we think we're all living these really important lives but we're really just somebody's lunch?

[–]dugg08302010 0 points1 point ago

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When I see this picture and think about the relative insignificance of my existence when compared to the immensity of the Universe it makes me wonder about the following notion of mine. What if the Universe is someone's brain and all its celestial bodies and stars are its neurons. What if our existence is just a random thought in that individual's short-term memory? Just a thought.

[–]sharkmeet 0 points1 point ago

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My brain is full of f*@$.

[–]MaIakai 0 points1 point ago

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so.... we're basically the center of the universe

[–]tdRftw[S] 7 points8 points ago

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center of the observable universe

[–]Hatch- 2 points3 points ago

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Of course, light outside a certain radius hasn't reached us yet. Imagine if you could only see in a one mile radius and drew a map of what you saw. You'd have a map with you in the center. It doesn't mean we're actually in the middle, it just means we can't see an edge yet.

[–]imgur-mirror-bot 0 points1 point ago

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[–]rawrc 0 points1 point ago

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I can see my house!

[–]THcB 1 point2 points ago

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I can see all our houses...

[–]i8wg 0 points1 point ago

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[–]maestro78 0 points1 point ago

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They have a 3 dimensional, interactive version of this at the Boston Museum of Science

[–]Zimyver -1 points0 points ago

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I think you'll find that the Ort Cloud is the within the Solar system.

[–]lindyhop411 -2 points-1 points ago

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