Regarding your last point: "There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national de

Regarding your last point: "There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers." - Richard Feynman