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Unfortunately the distance to even the nearest stars, makes travel to them unrealistic in any of our lifetimes. Sure we're getting new observational knowledge,
by overcast 10y ago
Unfortunately the distance to even the nearest stars, makes travel to them unrealistic in any of our lifetimes. Sure we're getting new observational knowledge, but it's still depressing to think about the scale of the universe.
- Razengan 10y agoIt would be a lot more depressing if we had already found all there was to find and knew there wasn't anything more...
- overcast 10y agoConsidering the Universe is debatably infinite. I don't think we have to worry about that scenario.
- acqq 10y agoThere are known limits, "the Limits Of How Far Humanity Can Go In The Universe" no matter which technologies it possesses: https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/the-limits-of-how-far-humanity-can-go-in-the-universe-b5717808737e https://medium.com/starts-with-a-bang/the-limits-of-how-far-... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL4yYHdDSWs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL4yYHdDSWs "Appreciate the view we have today; it’s the greatest one any living creature will ever have of our Universe, exactly as it is."