Mind. Blown! Have you had the chance to watch the Kurzgesagt video on the same topic that I've shared a while back? I think it feels even more tangible with the 1-hour movie scale.
Thanks, amigo! I sort of scrolled along the video. I've seen very similar videos from the past, and it reminded me of visual representations like Sagan's original CC (not really his original idea, but he sure did popularize it). Those types of ways of thinking are really important, and many folks miss out on experiencing them.
I find the cosmic calendar very comforting. It gives me perspective. And I always remember the opening scene from Annie Hall:
Mrs. Singer: He's been depressed. All of a sudden, he can't do anything.
Dr. Flicker: Why are you depressed, Alvy?
Mrs. Singer: Tell Dr. Flicker. It's something he read.
Dr. Flicker: Something you read, huh?
Alvy Singer: The universe is expanding.
Dr. Flicker: The universe is expanding?
Alvy Singer: Well, the universe is everything, and if it's expanding, someday it will break apart, and that will be the end of everything.
Mrs. Singer: What is that your business? He's stopped doing his homework.
Alvy Singer: What's the point?
Mrs. Singer: What has the universe got to do with it. You're here, in Brooklyn. Brooklyn is not expanding.
Dr. Flicker: It won't be expanding for billions of years yet, Alvy. And we've gotta try and enjoy ourselves while we're here.
Merry happy, if you celebrate.
I love it!
Yes! Gotta live your life regardless!
It comforts me because in the end, nothing is actually going to matter, so no need to worry about it.
Mind. Blown! Have you had the chance to watch the Kurzgesagt video on the same topic that I've shared a while back? I think it feels even more tangible with the 1-hour movie scale.
Merry Xmas!
Thanks, amigo! I sort of scrolled along the video. I've seen very similar videos from the past, and it reminded me of visual representations like Sagan's original CC (not really his original idea, but he sure did popularize it). Those types of ways of thinking are really important, and many folks miss out on experiencing them.
That's a good video. Makes you feel real small (in a good way)
Yup. Way to take humanity with our all-importance down a peg. And also to just be in awe of the universe and the scale of time.
I'm in Nagasaki, Japan today. Wife and I visited the Atomic bomb museum and site of the detonation.
I commented that it's amazing the city looks like a normal Japanese city less than 100 years after nuclear disaster.
My wife thought that was a long time.
Me (thinking in the context of human history or less than a day in cosmic time) responded: it's not that long.
Perspective is everything, and everything is relative!