Wednesday, April 27, 2011
What's Out There
Scientists haven't been very far out into space, so how can we know that we are not on some cosmic cow? A bit overdone but still a valid point. Our planet could be on some jelly-like substance, or we could be microscopic, just thinking we are huge like in Horton Hears a Who. One might say, that is ridiculous, but is it?
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True we can never know.
ReplyDeleteAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!! I've never thought of it that way...*Freaked out*
ReplyDeleteAnd no Emma. I don't think we are on a giant cow.
Cosmic cow, interesting. However, it is true that we may not know the size of our galaxy in comparison to others because of the fact that scientists haven't explored that much. I believe that there are some boundaries, such as I doubt that we live in any form of void or black hole, or any life form, or even any planet. We may be a very small part of a larger galaxy/solar system, but I doubt that we are a part of anything else.
ReplyDeleteI believe that while many different possiblities can be true, some just go beyond the boundaries marked by science. For example, the idea that we are on some "jelly-like substance" is impossible, the air that surrounds us, made up of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and other elements, is completely unlike jelly, and the same with outer space. So, many ideas are plausible, but some can be rejected due to their silliness and impossibility.
ReplyDeleteLike the cosmo cow
ReplyDeleteWell is there really a possibility of knowing? There might be, but then we would want to know what is further beyond that, and then even further beyond that (etc.) until either it stops, or it goes on forever. But at that point there could be something there that our small brains (compared to the larger thing we're in) can't even begin to imagine. Aren't some things better left unknown?
ReplyDeleteAlso to add to my comment: Is there always going to be something else to know?
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