how small we really are

[Ban-jani]

And there's only us in all that universe..

What a ridiculously ignorant and stupid statement.

To label my statement stupid served only to prove you ignorant.

Care to elaborate?

If you were making a joke, it certainly wasn't funny.
If you were serious, then there's absolutely no way you can know that, and there's a huge possibility your statement is wrong - hence it was a stupid statement.

 

[Damocles]

i assume because the last 4 parts of the equation are the imponderables thus far

in your opinion why would cox say what he did as opposed to drake and carl sagan for instance

I don't know Cox personally so I couldn't say. He's certainly not echoing any scientific consensus and most astrobiologists (which Cox isn't, he's a high energy particle physicist) believe the evidence we have collated so far suggests the opposite. It's worth acknowledging though that there isn't an overwhelming answer, just where the small amount of evidence currently points.

 

[west didsblue]

If the observable universe were the size of the earth, our galaxy would be the size of a building and the earth would would be about 500 times smaller than a Hydrogen atom.

 

[StrangewaysHereWeCome]

What a ridiculously ignorant and stupid statement.

To label my statement stupid served only to prove you ignorant.

Care to elaborate?

If you were making a joke, it certainly wasn't funny.
If you were serious, then there's absolutely no way you can know that, and there's a huge possibility your statement is wrong - hence it was a stupid statement.

Wait. So there might be other forms of intelligent life out there? That makes my statement ridiculous ?
Perhaps I should go back to church too, there might be a God.

 

[Damocles]

Wait. So there might be other forms of intelligent life out there? That makes my statement ridiculous ?
Perhaps I should go back to church too, there might be a God.

There's a bit of a difference.

A God is a mythical entity created (or at least fleshed out) by an evolved form of apes on a planet.

Life is the evolved form of apes.

We KNOW life exists unlike a God, we're just not sure how prevalent it is.

 

[Ban-jani]

To label my statement stupid served only to prove you ignorant.

Care to elaborate?

If you were making a joke, it certainly wasn't funny.
If you were serious, then there's absolutely no way you can know that, and there's a huge possibility your statement is wrong - hence it was a stupid statement.

Wait. So there might be other forms of intelligent life out there? That makes my statement ridiculous ?
Perhaps I should go back to church too, there might be a God.

Forget church, go back to school.

If you cannot see the difference then I'm not going to waste my time arguing with you.

 

[mancity5]

Who measured them all ?

 

[DelToro]

If the observable universe were the size of the earth, our galaxy would be the size of a building and the earth would would be about 500 times smaller than a Hydrogen atom.

Eamonn Holmes would still be a fat c**t.

 

[abu13]

When you consider just how insignificant we are in terms of whats out there, and the sheer volume of stars, planets etc it's inconcievable that Earth is the only inhabited planet. Don't get me wrong, I don't think little green men are playing with American's anuses, but I'm convinced there's life out there, and not just some green slime on a rock, intelligent, sentient life.

for me a major flaw is in how we class intelligent life, we are measuring everything by our own perceptions. For all we know we are the equivalent of microbes or "green slime" to another more advance life form. We may be so insignificant and primitive in the whole scheme of things that we don't even register.

as an example, do plankton at the bottom of the ocean contemplate a life form such as a cactus in the desert?
Does intelligent life have to have a physical body?

There is no way of giving anything other than an opinion, or a theory based on our perceptions.

 

[Jim Tolmie's Underpants]

Great video!

I've always been fascinated about the universe and just how big it is.

You aint seen nothing, mate. It's actually very small in comparison to some of the other universes.