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This is the Journal of Kleopatra << Questions 5... Questions 2... >> Join REST (Random Emoticon (and) Smiley Trust) at A2006650Join CAVE (Name under consideration...) at A1154125 Look what's in my pocket... A ! Subject: Questions 3... Posted Oct 27, 2003 by Kleopatra   Posting 1 Today a really cool question popped into my head. "Are you big or are we little? Explain your reasoning." Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Questions 3... Posted Oct 27, 2003 by AK - fancy that! This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 medium, closer to little because there are things millions of times larger and millions of times smaller. really it depends on whether the universe is infinite. if it is we're just as tiny as anything else. we're surrounded by things both smaller and larger than ourselves. It completely depends on how far you'll go to compare it. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Questions 3... Posted Oct 27, 2003 by Kleopatra This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 Think of atoms. How miniscule atoms are. In 22 grams of water, there are 6.022 * 10^23 atoms. everything is made up of atoms, right? skin, muscle, blood, air, organs, EVERYTHING!! We are huge compared to that. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Questions 3... Posted Oct 27, 2003 by AK - fancy that! This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 How many humans fit into the earth? Thousands of Earths could fit in jupiter. Its either 60 or 1000s of Jupiters that will fit into the sun. The sun is only a fractino of the size of betelgeuse. Betelgeuse is an atom compared to our galaxy... not literally, but... our galaxy is only one of the many in our cluster. there are thousands or millions of clusters. there are stars outside of clusters. there are superclusters of clusters there are thousands of those there is vast areas of empty space containg the occasonal microscopic partical of dust. and then we don't know how big the universe is but its at least that big. Subject: Questions 3... Posted Oct 27, 2003 by AK - fancy that! This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 5 oh, and the other way, geting smaller. Atoms have electrons, neutrons, and protons. Neutrons each contain a number of quarks quarks are held together by even smaller gluons theres photons, and many many subatomic particles which could possibly be smaller. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Questions 3... Posted Oct 27, 2003 by Wøñkø This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 6 maybe we're actually near the middle... now, our egos... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Questions 3... Posted Oct 28, 2003 by Kleopatra This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 7 Here's another thought: When a whale unleashes a cry, every other thing in that ocean can hear it. Every thing can feel that whales pain. If I were to stand outside my house and scream, who would hear it? Folks only maybe a few blocks away. But a whale gets mad and cries, creatures hundreds of miles away can hear and understand. Are we as civilized as we think? I know humans who go through life never knowing what its like to be humans. But if your a whale, the first instant you are a whale, you know what it is to be a whale. There's no confusion. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Questions 3... Posted Oct 28, 2003 by AK - fancy that! This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 8 ??? People all over h2g2, including me, have agreed that human society and lifestyle has some serious problems. As civilised as we think? Whats the definition of civilised, we're not very civilised I don't think We've gotten too big for that. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Questions 3... Posted Oct 28, 2003 by Wøñkø This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 9 "So long, and thanks for all the fish." Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Questions 3... Posted Nov 2, 2003 by Apollyon - Grammar Fascist This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 10 Society has problems, but hey... There are some plus points, like science; without it, we wouldn't be able to do this. However, we do all need to become more loving, kind, tolerant, repectful, blah blah blah, also STOP WORSHIPPING CELEBRITIES!!!!!! An inject some originality into pop culture before we return to the era of conformity. After atoms, stars are the most common things in the Universe. Therefore, we may conclude that stars are average size. Therefore, we are small. Atoms don't count, since they're small almost by definition. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Questions 3... Posted Nov 2, 2003 by AK - fancy that! This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 11 >>STOP WORSHIPPING CELEBRITIES<< I to here people say that. Its great... If they weren't worshipped though they wouldn't be celebrities...all the better... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Questions 3... Posted Nov 2, 2003 by Wøñkø This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 12 stupid rich folk... Conversation list Conversation list

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