Thread: Any other passions in life besides music?

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Post by audioholik October 1, 2015 (1051 of 1066)
Lute said:

Besides the Earth, our solar system has 7 other planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)... some of these are relatively small and some are very massive.

Which planet could fit in the space between the Earth and the Moon?

Click this link and scroll down to number 2 for the answer... http://www.vox.com/2015/4/17/8432733/space-maps

The answer is "all of the above!", cool pic ;)

BTW, I've recently learned that Prof. Brian Greene is also a classical music fan: https://beta.prx.org/stories/155517 His favorite piece is... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr2q8-Sr__A

Post by audioholik October 1, 2015 (1052 of 1066)
Lute said:

It's interesting that Wilczek thinks it will be fun when robot's intelligence surpasses that of humans.

Yep, it's no fun when someone/thing outsmarts you by such a degree that you're not even capable of grasping the aims of the darn thing...

Post by audioholik October 15, 2015 (1053 of 1066)

Post by audioholik October 16, 2015 (1054 of 1066)
This version of Kosmogonia conducted by Andrzej Markowski is even better...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w--cV2DzA24

It's a shame no one bothered to release it on SACD, or any digital medium for that matter.

Post by Lute October 21, 2015 (1055 of 1066)

Post by audioholik October 26, 2015 (1056 of 1066)
Lute said:

Wouldn't that be something!?

But... Before we get ahead of ourselves... http://mashable.com/2015/10/18/alien-megastructure-kepler/#JBtYEcJTnuqD

To be fair, the original articles were only hinting at a remote possibility that this strange signal could represent some alien activity, so it was nothing firm from the start ;) But nevertheless we should definitely keep looking up, because, to quote a classic, the truth is out there... :)

Thanks for the pdf on NASA's Mars missions, they really keep on giving...

Post by Lute October 26, 2015 (1057 of 1066)
audioholik said:

To be fair, the original articles were only hinting at a remote possibility that this strange signal could represent some alien activity, so it was nothing firm from the start ;) But nevertheless we should definitely keep looking up, because, to quote a classic, the truth is out there... :)

Thanks for the pdf on NASA's Mars missions, they really keep on giving...

I thought it was a pretty cool theory, too. A massive alien space station. WOW! Fantastic! :) I wonder if the upcoming Star Wars film has sparked people's imaginations.

Anyway, as space is full of amino acids and other organic material, it's only a matter "when".

The Earth is floating in the "sea" of space...not some empty vacuum.

Perhaps life on Earth has been regularly invaded by "alien" microbes the whole time, so... perhaps "already" is the appropriate word.


Here's another fun video on the scale of everything...http://www.businessinsider.com/animated-scale-universe-atom-human-earth-galaxy-2015-9

And one with Neil... http://www.businessinsider.com/neil-degrasse-tyson-surviving-in-space-2014-7

Post by hiredfox October 27, 2015 (1058 of 1066)
Lute said:

Wouldn't that be something!?

But... Before we get ahead of ourselves... http://mashable.com/2015/10/18/alien-megastructure-kepler/#JBtYEcJTnuqD

Loved the music. Thanks!

And staying a little closer to home... https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/journey-to-mars-next-steps-20151008_508.pdf

Wouldn't it seem highly improbable on the simple basis that if such a civilisation were in existence and advanced to the stage of building multiple large complex objects in space they'd have discovered our radio signals long before now.

I'm afraid everything rational points to us being ALONE and such conjecture as this is pure speculative and extrapolative nonsense. We are the FIRST make no mistake about that. If there are others they are behind us.

Post by audioholik October 27, 2015 (1059 of 1066)
hiredfox said:

I'm afraid everything rational points to us being ALONE and such conjecture as this is pure speculative and extrapolative nonsense. We are the FIRST make no mistake about that. If there are others they are behind us.

The universe is 13.4 billion years old, so if there are other civilizations out there they may be far older civilizations than our own (developed on a planet that's just 4.5 bn years old). There's absolutely no rational basis to your assumption that we are the FIRST.

>Wouldn't it seem highly improbable on the simple basis that if such a civilisation were in existence and advanced to the stage of building multiple large complex objects in space they'd have discovered our radio signals long before now.

The problem is our radio signals are a very recent human development, so they haven't reached long distances yet. http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2012/3390.html

Post by Lute October 27, 2015 (1060 of 1066)
hiredfox said:

I'm afraid everything rational points to us being ALONE

Sounds like someone needs a hug. ;-)

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