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8. Thank you Octafish

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Tue Jan 6, 2015, 11:36 PM

Jan 2015

I love your posts. Always informative.

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''Our solar system is not as unique as we might have thought.'' [View all] Octafish Jan 2015 OP

That photo always takes my breath away. Mnemosyne Jan 2015 #1

Me, too, Mnemosyne! Hubble team has made it better... Octafish Jan 2015 #2

Awestruck is another good description! nt Mnemosyne Jan 2015 #22

Yesterday's "Astronomy Picture of the Day" kentauros Jan 2015 #14

It makes me feel very minute and extremely vast in the same moment. What is an APOD Mnemosyne Jan 2015 #23

APOD means "Astronomy Picture of the Day" kentauros Jan 2015 #31

Even more interesting is that the pillars might not even exist anymore. chrisa Jan 2015 #18

Damn, don't think I'll last long enough to see that, but am willing to try. Mnemosyne Jan 2015 #24

You could always freeze yourself like Fry on Futurama. chrisa Jan 2015 #25

Or just your head! kentauros Jan 2015 #32

My oldest son is finishing his bachelor's in physics, and SheilaT Jan 2015 #3

Let's hope our species survives long enough to explore. navarth Jan 2015 #4

And we have to stop sucking at the teat of WAR. AngryDem001 Jan 2015 #5

I have never understood the thinking that we are the only one. zeemike Jan 2015 #6

Me either ... from a very early age. hedda_foil Jan 2015 #11

Life could be widespread edhopper Jan 2015 #27

Well they are rare on this earth. zeemike Jan 2015 #30

I agree that based on what we observe here edhopper Jan 2015 #33

Well that too can be debated. zeemike Jan 2015 #36

When I say radio edhopper Jan 2015 #37

I like to speculate...I think there are things to be learned by it. zeemike Jan 2015 #38

Good points edhopper Jan 2015 #41

great article G_j Jan 2015 #7

Thank you Octafish malokvale77 Jan 2015 #8

We simply can't be the only life form in the universe that is capable of deliberately Zorra Jan 2015 #9

Yep, and my opinion is the universe is full of other intelligent life, and probably dissentient Jan 2015 #10

That still leaves us with the Fermi Paradox: "Where is everybody?" Jim Lane Jan 2015 #12

I think Fermi might have been joking sammythecat Jan 2015 #15

Fermi was serious, although it wasn't a subject of any formal research of his. Jim Lane Jan 2015 #16

If life is common throughout the universe, and if, sammythecat Jan 2015 #17

Part of the problem is that, overall, humans aren't overly bright. chrisa Jan 2015 #35

Maybe they don't want to officially make contact with us dissentient Jan 2015 #19

My thoughts as well, sammythecat Jan 2015 #21

It's possible that our planet is so ordinary that no one has bothered to visit it. chrisa Jan 2015 #34

Something to give one perspective to what we're seeing there, sammythecat Jan 2015 #13

Well DUH! Avalux Jan 2015 #20

Let's do the math nichomachus Jan 2015 #26

I don't think a civilization can survive capitalism. immoderate Jan 2015 #28

but i am still fond of this one dembotoz Jan 2015 #29

The ingredients may be standard, but the permutations are likely vast. True Blue Door Jan 2015 #39

Thank you! Rec. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2015 #40

Thanks Octafish greytdemocrat Jan 2015 #42