01 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
The Greater Good of Science
There was a time – and very recently – when the idea of the possibility of
learning the composition of the celestial bodies was considered senseless even by
prominent scientists and thinkers. That time has now passed. The idea of the
possibility of a closer, direct study of the universe will today, I believe, appear still
wilder. To step out onto the soil of asteroids, to lift with your hand a stone on the
moon, to set up moving stations in ethereal space, and establish living rings aroun...As described by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, who predicted space exploration through reactive vehicles and expressed his hope through a better world through his research in 1912.
01 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
Homogenization of the Milky Way
It is possible to speculate on the very distant future of advanced civilizations. We
can imagine such societies in excellent harmony with their environments, their
biology, and the vagaries of their politics, so that they enjoy extraordinarily long
lifetimes. Communications would long have been established with many other
such civilizations. The diffusion of knowledge, techniques, and points of view
would occur at the velocity of light. In time, the diverse cultures of the Galaxy,
involving a...Folksonomies: culture homogenization
Folksonomies: culture homogenization
Just as human culture is undergoing a process of homogenization, culture of the Milky Way will eventually undergo the same.
21 SEP 2011 by ideonexus
Man is Noble...
Man may be excused for feeling some pride at having risen, though not through his own exertions, to the very summit of the organic scale; and the fact of his having thus risen, instead of having been aboriginally placed there, may give him hopes for a still higher destiny in the distant future. But we are not here concerned with hopes or fears, only with the truth as far as our reason allows us to discover it. I have given the evidence to the best of my ability; and we must acknowledge, as it......but still "bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin." A quote from Charles Darwin.
19 MAY 2011 by ideonexus
consequence of omphalogical reasoning
A more sophisticated consequence of omphalogical reasoning would be that stars whose
distance from us is more than a few thousand light years must have been created with ready-made
light beams stretching almost all the way to us - otherwise we wouldn't be able to see them until the
distant future!Folksonomies: astronomy omphalogical
Folksonomies: astronomy omphalogical
Is that the stars were made with light beams stretch lightyears toward us.