Wednesday, June 14, 2006

The Logic Train #1

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Fact:
There are 125 Billion Galaxies in the universe.
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[Perspective- That means there are nearly three times the number of galaxies in the universe as there are dollar bills in Bill Gates' net worth.]

Fact:The galaxy you live in (The Milky Way) is 100,000 Light years wide and it's only one of those aforementioned 125 billion.
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[Perspective- The speed of light gets you to the moon in one second. So traveling at that speed it would take you 100,000 years to get from one side of the Milky Way (just one in 125 billion out there)to the other.

Fact:
92 to 93% of the universe is comprised of empty space.

Conclusion #1
The universe covers a lot of territory.

Conclusion#2
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In the grand scheme of things the events surrounding these two probably doesn't matter much.