the thing about stars
moby said we are all made of stars, and at a very fundamental level (given current scientific theory, anyway), he was right.
just ask carl sagan. or, if you're not clairvoyant, read what he wrote.
the thing that gets me about stars is that they've been there, pretty much as a rule, for billions of years (i'll dispense with qualifications wrt current scientific theory from here on out for the sake of brevity).
and they'll be there for billions of years after we're gone. after everyone, all our grandkids and greatgrandkids and googlegrandkids are gone.
so, stars live for, say, 10 billion years on average. you live for, say, 75 years on average. for the mathematically inclined among you, that means stars live 133,333,333.3333333 times longer than you do.
that's a long freakin' time, punk.
just ask carl sagan. or, if you're not clairvoyant, read what he wrote.
the thing that gets me about stars is that they've been there, pretty much as a rule, for billions of years (i'll dispense with qualifications wrt current scientific theory from here on out for the sake of brevity).
and they'll be there for billions of years after we're gone. after everyone, all our grandkids and greatgrandkids and googlegrandkids are gone.
so, stars live for, say, 10 billion years on average. you live for, say, 75 years on average. for the mathematically inclined among you, that means stars live 133,333,333.3333333 times longer than you do.
that's a long freakin' time, punk.
posted by vince at 9:11 PM
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and to think we see stars that are stars no longer...that died their star death a few hundreds of years ago. now only their lonesome light journeys through space in silence and flickers upon us. freaky.
how's it going cavasin? :o) by the way, i don't have a blog. i just had to sign up so i could write to you. mm, actually i was looking for your email address and came upon this and how could i resist? mm, anyway, i will drop by again (alefia@gmail.com) and i still dont have an email address for you....
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