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| Van Chocstraw... |
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What if a giant spacecraft from a distant place landed here and offered
to take one million people for a life long space adventure. Who would
go? Would we let them go? |
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| Orval Fairbairn... |
| Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:05 pm |
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In article <ZIqdnb0pbKcYrXPXnZ2dnUVZ_sadnZ2d at (no spam) giganews.com>,
Van Chocstraw <boobooililililil at (no spam) roadrunner.com> wrote:
[quote]What if a giant spacecraft from a distant place landed here and offered
to take one million people for a life long space adventure. Who would
go? Would we let them go?
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It depends on how we measure "lifelong."
Remember the old "Twilight Zone" episode where the aliens land and give
humans a book. called "To Serve Mankind"? Remember the character who
gets aboard the spaceship and discovers that the book is a cookbook?
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| Sylvia Else... |
| Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 9:26 pm |
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Van Chocstraw wrote:
[quote]What if a giant spacecraft from a distant place landed here and offered
to take one million people for a life long space adventure. Who would
go? Would we let them go?
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I'm not sure just how big an adventure space is. Those pictures from
Mars don't exactly make it look like a tourist trap, and the Moon's no
better. Most of space is just black.
I might be willing to go on a day-trip to see Saturn's rings I suppose.
Sylvia. |
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| Jonathan... |
| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:04 am |
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"Sylvia Else" <sylvia at (no spam) not.at.this.address> wrote in message
news:0066d287$0$1563$c3e8da3 at (no spam) news.astraweb.com...
[quote]Van Chocstraw wrote:
What if a giant spacecraft from a distant place landed here and offered to
take one million people for a life long space adventure. Who would go? Would
we let them go?
I'm not sure just how big an adventure space is. Those pictures from Mars
don't exactly make it look like a tourist trap, and the Moon's no better. Most
of space is just black.
I might be willing to go on a day-trip to see Saturn's rings I suppose.
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It's curious that so many instinctively look for the 'answers' out there
somewhere. Whether for the mysteries of the universe, or personal
contentment, I've also keenly looked for them from quarks to quasars.
But I've concluded we're already in The Garden.
And the answers aren't found in a telescope or a microscope.
But in a different kind of lens. The answers are found by looking
closely into a mirror. At the highest complexity
in the known universe.
" The Soul that has a Guest,
Doth seldom go abroad,
Diviner Crowd at home
Obliterate the need,
And courtesy forbid
A Host's departure, when
Upon Himself be visiting
The Emperor of Men!"
The Great Mistake of modern science is searching for
fundamental law in the simplest the universe has to offer.
Just as a large sample better shows patterns, the properties
of life and intelligence, the most complex, shows us how
the physical universe works. Not the other way around.
It's true!
We still live in the Dark Ages.
Jonathan
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[quote]
Sylvia.[/quote] |
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| Van Chocstraw... |
| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:36 am |
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Jonathan wrote:
[quote]"Sylvia Else" <sylvia at (no spam) not.at.this.address> wrote in message
news:0066d287$0$1563$c3e8da3 at (no spam) news.astraweb.com...
Van Chocstraw wrote:
What if a giant spacecraft from a distant place landed here and offered to
take one million people for a life long space adventure. Who would go? Would
we let them go?
I'm not sure just how big an adventure space is. Those pictures from Mars
don't exactly make it look like a tourist trap, and the Moon's no better. Most
of space is just black.
I might be willing to go on a day-trip to see Saturn's rings I suppose.
It's curious that so many instinctively look for the 'answers' out there
somewhere. Whether for the mysteries of the universe, or personal
contentment, I've also keenly looked for them from quarks to quasars.
But I've concluded we're already in The Garden.
And the answers aren't found in a telescope or a microscope.
But in a different kind of lens. The answers are found by looking
closely into a mirror. At the highest complexity
in the known universe.
" The Soul that has a Guest,
Doth seldom go abroad,
Diviner Crowd at home
Obliterate the need,
And courtesy forbid
A Host's departure, when
Upon Himself be visiting
The Emperor of Men!"
The Great Mistake of modern science is searching for
fundamental law in the simplest the universe has to offer.
Just as a large sample better shows patterns, the properties
of life and intelligence, the most complex, shows us how
the physical universe works. Not the other way around.
It's true!
We still live in the Dark Ages.
Jonathan
s
Sylvia.
It's exploration, not idol worship seeking.[/quote] |
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