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Question: How small,The size of man!?
when I was little, and my friends were collecting furbies and begging their parents for a game boy, I was begging my parents for a telescope!.
maybe it's the wide range of nagging questions that the mere mention of astronomy instills, that draws me to this particular science!. questions like, 'where did we come from!?' and 'where are we headed!?' or maybe it's the irony in that, "mankind believes that it is the center of the universe, that the sun rises and sets for 'it' when, in larger comparison!. it's quite possible, that man, is microscopic!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
It doesn't matter how physically small man is, he/she is large metaphysically:
"I know not if this earth on which I stand is the core of the universe or if it is but a speck of dust lost in eternity!. I know not and I care not!. For I know what happiness is possible to me on earth!."
Ayn RandWww@QuestionHome@Com
Rather than time being one of the greatest mysterious of life, i agree with you, its actually space!. And size, we have no comparison to meausure ourselves in, for all we know, the universe could be a microsopic quark riding on a gigantic electron that is flying around a sulfur atom in a gigantic purple lawn of aliens!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Compared to an amoeba or a bacterium we are giants!. Compared to the whole universe we are specks of dust, that is if we fall for the illusion of individuality that our ego projects!. If we open our minds up we don't have to wait for death to join the great cosmic collective that is the mystery of life!. We are as big or as small as our attitudes allow!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
We the physical being are indeed microscopic in comparison to the vastness of this universe, God knows how small we are just in this galaxy "the milky way"!. But !.!.!. once our body dies the spirit is set free and we can move across the universe in a nanosecond!. That makes the universe smaller than our spirit!.
Something to think about eh!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
If you look at the Earth from even as close as the Moon, you can't see any signs of life on Earth, so yes, humanity is an insignificant speck compared to the Universe!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
the world can only be what it is in the eye of the beholder!. if no one was here to comprehend it, would it exist!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
In a universe of infinite size, how can we be anything but microscopic!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
The size of a man when compared to this universe it is almost all negligible!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
You do not spell man B_I_G!
Keep questioning!
For all we know its all cardboard painted black with pinholes!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
this is not really a question so i will just give you more info!. we know more about outer space than we do about our own oceans!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
If we are the only sentient beings around (and I don't know of any others), then I'd say the sun does rise and set for us!. We'd be pretty dang special!.Www@QuestionHome@Com