Strange Facts

Strange Fact (says I): Political commentators like Rush are secretly rooting for Hillary to win because it means better ratings over the next four years.

Degeneratefk said:

brianlux said:

Some amazing perspective here from Professor Brian Cox:

-In around one billion years Earth will be destroyed by the Sun

-In around six billion years the Sun will explode

-In around ten thousand trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion years the Universe will be nothing more than a sea of photons. By my calculation that’s actually one Googol years. It’s not often you get to use the Googol number, if you don’t know how much it is – google it. Oh, the irony

-Cox also told us that “As a fraction of the lifespan of the universe … life, as we know it, is only possible for one thousandth of a billion billion billion billion billion billion billion billion billionth of a percent.” By my calculation, that means life is only possible for a period of one hundred trillion years (10^100 – 10^86 = 10^14).



http://www.althinking.com/2011/03/13/professor-brian-cox-wonders-of-the-universe-destiny/

Yiu just showed why some people just don't give a flying rats ass about the enviroment. (I'm not one of those, despite our disagreements on certain fossil fuel burning).

Interesting perspective. TO my way of thinking it's exactly the opposite. Another thing Cox has said elsewhere is that the odds of any kind life occurring anywhere at all are super slim and the odds of intelligent life such as us humans evolving is stupendously slim. We are a freak occurrence in a nearly infinitesimal bit of time and to not treasure that, to not make the most of it, to not value, nurture, take care of and value to the utmost the life cycles of this planet is, at least to my way of thinking, is the ultimate offense toward that gift of life we live in in this moment of time. To not treasure it, to throw it away, is insane.

chadwick said:

brianlux said:

Some amazing perspective here from Professor Brian Cox:

-In around one billion years Earth will be destroyed by the Sun

-In around six billion years the Sun will explode

-In around ten thousand trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion years the Universe will be nothing more than a sea of photons. By my calculation that’s actually one Googol years. It’s not often you get to use the Googol number, if you don’t know how much it is – google it. Oh, the irony

-Cox also told us that “As a fraction of the lifespan of the universe … life, as we know it, is only possible for one thousandth of a billion billion billion billion billion billion billion billion billionth of a percent.” By my calculation, that means life is only possible for a period of one hundred trillion years (10^100 – 10^86 = 10^14).



http://www.althinking.com/2011/03/13/professor-brian-cox-wonders-of-the-universe-destiny/

true fact - when i clicked the link the site came up plus a warning window saying the site is not safe.

So sorry, Chadwick! My computer is a rather naive and trusting computer. It seems to think almost everything is safe, even with Malwarebytes installed.

Brian tried to ruin Chadwick's computer?

brianlux said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Brian tried to ruin Chadwick's computer?

Look out, Thirty, yours is next!

The way it operates, I'm pretty sure you already got it!

Haha

brianlux said:

Degeneratefk said:

brianlux said:

Some amazing perspective here from Professor Brian Cox:

-In around one billion years Earth will be destroyed by the Sun

-In around six billion years the Sun will explode

-In around ten thousand trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion years the Universe will be nothing more than a sea of photons. By my calculation that’s actually one Googol years. It’s not often you get to use the Googol number, if you don’t know how much it is – google it. Oh, the irony

-Cox also told us that “As a fraction of the lifespan of the universe … life, as we know it, is only possible for one thousandth of a billion billion billion billion billion billion billion billion billionth of a percent.” By my calculation, that means life is only possible for a period of one hundred trillion years (10^100 – 10^86 = 10^14).



http://www.althinking.com/2011/03/13/professor-brian-cox-wonders-of-the-universe-destiny/

Yiu just showed why some people just don't give a flying rats ass about the enviroment. (I'm not one of those, despite our disagreements on certain fossil fuel burning).

Interesting perspective. TO my way of thinking it's exactly the opposite. Another thing Cox has said elsewhere is that the odds of any kind life occurring anywhere at all are super slim and the odds of intelligent life such as us humans evolving is stupendously slim. We are a freak occurrence in a nearly infinitesimal bit of time and to not treasure that, to not make the most of it, to not value, nurture, take care of and value to the utmost the life cycles of this planet is, at least to my way of thinking, is the ultimate offense toward that gift of life we live in in this moment of time. To not treasure it, to throw it away, is insane.

I've been saying that for years.(we are probably alone in the universe). People just say I'm closed minded.

PJ_Soul said:

I think what Cox says about that is rather baseless, and many if not most of those who are involved in the subject seem to disagree with his conclusion.

Which part, PJS?

Also, I posted these strange facts in "Other Music" but I believe they belong here:

Lead vocalist Rudy Martinez (of the band ? and the Mysterians) went by the name "Question Mark" and later had his name legally changed to "?"
? was born on Mars and lived among the dinosaurs in a past life.
Voices from the future had revealed to ? that he will be performing "96 Tears" in the year 10,000.

Cool!

hedonist said:

Sorry, B. Unless you're intentionally derailing, those "facts" are just silly....I mean, c'mon, future voices revealed and all that other nonsense?

Anyway, 96 Tears was a very cool part of a short Stephen King story.

Not meant to derail! If someone says they are from Mars, who am I to argue? We are all, after all, star dust. Others have made similar claims. Sun Ra, for example, said he was from Saturn. Look, could you really doubt the integrity of such a man? I saw Sun Ra three times and what I saw was surely out of this world.