Comments on: In the supreme vastness of the universe… https://habitablezone.com/2012/01/13/in-the-supreme-vastness-of-the-universe/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/01/13/in-the-supreme-vastness-of-the-universe/#comment-10819 bowser Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:46:02 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=7771#comment-10819 If I heard it, it fell. If you heard it, it might have fallen. If a commie heard it, it never existed. If a conservative heard it, sanity has returned to logging, if a liberal heard it, the world is damned. And if Bachmann heard it, it's still standing. If Romney heard it, the angel Moroni pushed it. If Obama heard it, it's leaning to the left. If TB heard it, it was blown over by terrorists, narrowly missed three ultra-conservatives, it wasn't reported by the leftist liberal media, Obama will try to replant it, and 4 loggers will pee on it. If I heard it, it fell. If you heard it, it might have fallen. If a commie heard it, it never existed. If a conservative heard it, sanity has returned to logging, if a liberal heard it, the world is damned.

And if Bachmann heard it, it’s still standing. If Romney heard it, the angel Moroni pushed it. If Obama heard it, it’s leaning to the left.

If TB heard it, it was blown over by terrorists, narrowly missed three ultra-conservatives, it wasn’t reported by the leftist liberal media, Obama will try to replant it, and 4 loggers will pee on it.

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2012/01/13/in-the-supreme-vastness-of-the-universe/#comment-10801 Jody Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:56:41 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=7771#comment-10801 quantum theory is the true objective reality It can't be realized because every observer is subjective. quantum theory is the true objective reality

It can’t be realized because every observer is subjective.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/01/13/in-the-supreme-vastness-of-the-universe/#comment-10798 bowser Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:43:41 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=7771#comment-10798 That paradox has been answered. Schrodinger first proposed this in 1935. The average life span of a domestic cat is 14 to 16 years, with the oldest living to 38. Therefore, that cat died at the latest in 1973. I don't know why they still talk about it is if there were a chance it were alive. Always wondered. Does that cat have a name? What breed is it? Male or female? Someone should open the box. That paradox has been answered. Schrodinger first proposed this in 1935. The average life span of a domestic cat is 14 to 16 years, with the oldest living to 38.

Therefore, that cat died at the latest in 1973. I don’t know why they still talk about it is if there were a chance it were alive.

Always wondered. Does that cat have a name? What breed is it? Male or female? Someone should open the box.

]]> By: FrankC https://habitablezone.com/2012/01/13/in-the-supreme-vastness-of-the-universe/#comment-10788 FrankC Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:39:37 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=7771#comment-10788 <p>Sorry, I was inundated by the absurdity...</p> On the whole that is quite profound, and a damn good reply for anyone smart enough to catch the drift. :) Sorry, I was inundated by the absurdity…

On the whole that is quite profound, and a damn good reply for anyone smart enough to catch the drift. :)

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2012/01/13/in-the-supreme-vastness-of-the-universe/#comment-10784 RobVG Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:23:27 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=7771#comment-10784 <p>Schrodinger's cat</p <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schr%C3%B6dinger's_cat" rel="nofollow">Here</a> Copenhagen Interpretation- "a system stops being a superposition of states (the tree is standing and fallen at the same time) and becomes either one or the other when an observation takes place. Profound and absurd at the same time. :) Schrodinger’s cat

Here

Copenhagen Interpretation-

“a system stops being a superposition of states (the tree is standing and fallen at the same time) and becomes either one or the other when an observation takes place.

Profound and absurd at the same time.

:)

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/01/13/in-the-supreme-vastness-of-the-universe/#comment-10782 bowser Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:53:14 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=7771#comment-10782 Exactly right. Any meaning given by homo sapiens would necessarily be flavored and colored by homo sapiens. And when homo sapiens is extinguished, that meaning is too. I like what Michael Crichten says - the meaning of life is that one gets to have the experience. Or somesuch similar. Exactly right. Any meaning given by homo sapiens would necessarily be flavored and colored by homo sapiens.

And when homo sapiens is extinguished, that meaning is too.

I like what Michael Crichten says – the meaning of life is that one gets to have the experience. Or somesuch similar.

]]> By: FrankC https://habitablezone.com/2012/01/13/in-the-supreme-vastness-of-the-universe/#comment-10780 FrankC Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:08:34 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=7771#comment-10780 That is profound, not :) That is profound, not :)

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/01/13/in-the-supreme-vastness-of-the-universe/#comment-10775 bowser Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:28:44 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=7771#comment-10775 Avast there! Belay the puns, or belie somethingorother. Avast there! Belay the puns, or belie somethingorother.

]]> By: FrankC https://habitablezone.com/2012/01/13/in-the-supreme-vastness-of-the-universe/#comment-10773 FrankC Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:00:08 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=7771#comment-10773 <p>what is the meaning of it’s existence?...</p> That is very difficult to answer without being egocentric. My answer would be that it exists as a representation of what humanity, or any other sentient species in the universe, can aspire to, and strive for. Having populated this planet, we must reach out, or risk descending to the level of vermin. At least, it gives us something to eternally ponder. what is the meaning of it’s existence?…

That is very difficult to answer without being egocentric.

My answer would be that it exists as a representation of what humanity, or any other sentient species in the universe, can aspire to, and strive for.

Having populated this planet, we must reach out, or risk descending to the level of vermin.

At least, it gives us something to eternally ponder.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2012/01/13/in-the-supreme-vastness-of-the-universe/#comment-10769 ER Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:46:07 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=7771#comment-10769 I thing it was pretty half-vast, myself. I thing it was pretty half-vast, myself.

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