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    "To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy."


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    Default Re: The Pale Blue Dot.

    Breathtaking.

    Am I the only one who gets a sense of anxiety from such images?

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    Default Re: The Pale Blue Dot.

    So so so so so so true


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    Default Re: The Pale Blue Dot.

    Quote Originally Posted by Dottie Rebel View Post
    Am I the only one who gets a sense of anxiety from such images?
    I always have too.

    It reminds me of a quote I can never remember, I could've sworn it was Nietzsche but now I'm not so sure...something about what is one lifespan or one lifetime against a million light years...a blink? Does anyone else know? It's been driving me nuts.

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    Default Re: The Pale Blue Dot.

    I believe it was Carl Sagan, from the Cosmos series: "The span of time for human evolution is but a blink in the order of the cosmos."

    He is also the author of "The Pale Blue Dot."

    I have pretty much everything Sagan ever wrote, plus a number of great stories of collaboration with him (I was one of his physics translators from Russian for a time). He was a pure genius with an astonishing breadth and depth of knowledge in virtually every area of human endeavor.

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    Default Re: The Pale Blue Dot.

    That's similar, but that's not it. The one I'm thinking of was longer, longer than what I typed.

    Lol, you reminded me. If have so much free time lately I got a Russian/English textbook from the library so I can try to learn Russian....wish me luck. I should get off SW and get to work.

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