Does thinking about the the Universe ever freak you out?

Discussion in 'The Howard Stern Show' started by chapped, Dec 18, 2014.

Page 1 of 6
  1. chapped

    chapped Well-Known Member

    Reputations:
    24
    Joined:
    Jan 6, 2012
    Messages:
    55,623
    Likes Received:
    61,874
    Well not freak out like in posting in The Bar .. but more like can't wrap you head around its size ( 10 sextillion stars ) , what is it expanding into and where does it end???
     
    Dec 18, 2014 #1
    LaserT, abbypark2225, blindbella and 5 others like this.
  2. HorseFanNetwork

    HorseFanNetwork Well-Known Member

    Reputations:
    5,835
    Joined:
    Jan 15, 2012
    Messages:
    3,008
    Likes Received:
    4,968
    Actually it brings me a lot of peace,in considering how much of that stuff that clouds our life is just nonsense.
     
    Dec 18, 2014 #2
    crazycreep, Angry Arab, check1 and 10 others like this.
  3. h89fvh8dfha8hfv9a0

    h89fvh8dfha8hfv9a0 Xavier's water boy Banned User

    Reputations:
    0
    Joined:
    Mar 7, 2012
    Messages:
    6,587
    Likes Received:
    4,821
    [​IMG]

    "Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude..."
     
    Dec 18, 2014 #3
    Dump Button, blindbella, Beths Arab and 4 others like this.
  4. Calloused Shins

    Calloused Shins Well-Known Member

    Reputations:
    42,979
    Joined:
    Oct 17, 2014
    Messages:
    11,476
    Likes Received:
    18,972
    Every time I sit back and think about it.... It actually hurts my nuts.
     
    Dec 18, 2014 #4
    Beths Arab, reno and h89fvh8dfha8hfv9a0 like this.
  5. RonHeinzkaboot

    RonHeinzkaboot Well-Known Member

    Reputations:
    543
    Joined:
    Aug 14, 2013
    Messages:
    20,176
    Likes Received:
    18,799
    [​IMG]
     
    Dec 18, 2014 #5
    Gusbuss, John Mahlin, smichal and 1 other person like this.
  6. Jayla

    Jayla It's not my circus, not my monkeys Gold

    Reputations:
    1,019,476
    Joined:
    May 12, 2013
    Messages:
    36,866
    Likes Received:
    81,971
    @Blur
     
    Dec 18, 2014 #6
  7. Jayla

    Jayla It's not my circus, not my monkeys Gold

    Reputations:
    1,019,476
    Joined:
    May 12, 2013
    Messages:
    36,866
    Likes Received:
    81,971
    Mine too.
     
    Dec 18, 2014 #7
  8. RonHeinzkaboot

    RonHeinzkaboot Well-Known Member

    Reputations:
    543
    Joined:
    Aug 14, 2013
    Messages:
    20,176
    Likes Received:
    18,799
    Does thinking about granulates of sand on a beach blow your mind.
    10 sextillion stars doesn't matter, it's all static but the one
     
    Dec 18, 2014 #8
    Brokenbad likes this.
  9. Rocinante

    Rocinante Well-Endowed Member Gold

    Reputations:
    15,472
    Joined:
    Mar 18, 2012
    Messages:
    5,886
    Likes Received:
    8,111
    Billions of galaxies each with trillions of stars?
    There has to be another Howard Stern out there who is still funny.
     
    Dec 18, 2014 #9
    MobyDick, Turkeyneck, blindbella and 9 others like this.
  10. Blur

    Blur Alumnus

    Reputations:
    -3
    Joined:
    Feb 1, 2014
    Messages:
    6,434
    Likes Received:
    9,572
    A guy smokes a lil herb once in awhile, and that makes him the Board Stoner?

    That's it. I'm moving to edibles. Immediately.
     
    Dec 18, 2014 #10
    Gusbuss, Beths Arab and Jayla like this.
  11. RonHeinzkaboot

    RonHeinzkaboot Well-Known Member

    Reputations:
    543
    Joined:
    Aug 14, 2013
    Messages:
    20,176
    Likes Received:
    18,799
    Another women with a case of penis envy....those are the best ones
     
    Dec 18, 2014 #11
    Jayla likes this.
  12. chapped

    chapped Well-Known Member

    Reputations:
    24
    Joined:
    Jan 6, 2012
    Messages:
    55,623
    Likes Received:
    61,874

    its just a little freak out man. i can do this .. i can do this
     
    Dec 18, 2014 #12
    h89fvh8dfha8hfv9a0 and Blur like this.
  13. chapped

    chapped Well-Known Member

    Reputations:
    24
    Joined:
    Jan 6, 2012
    Messages:
    55,623
    Likes Received:
    61,874

    there was but the stern in that universe was killed in a horrible gay gang rape fisting
     
    Dec 18, 2014 #13
    John Mahlin likes this.
  14. Calloused Shins

    Calloused Shins Well-Known Member

    Reputations:
    42,979
    Joined:
    Oct 17, 2014
    Messages:
    11,476
    Likes Received:
    18,972
    Please let me know if you ever need a hand easing the pain

     
    Dec 18, 2014 #14
  15. Fa Fa Fruit Fly

    Fa Fa Fruit Fly Well-Known Member

    Reputations:
    8,804
    Joined:
    Feb 4, 2012
    Messages:
    3,856
    Likes Received:
    4,708
    ...in case this turns out to be a serious thread....

    It's not what we know that blows the mind... it's trying to imagine what we don't know. 100 years ago we didn't know the universe was expanding, nor did we know there were any other galaxies, and we thought the atom with protons, neutrons and electrons was the smallest building block of nature.

    100 years later and we have figured out that we were wrong about ALL of that and the universe is infinitely larger and more complicated than we ever could have imagined. Just imagine what we will know in 100 more years, let alone 1,000 years.

    Right now, the limitation is our powers of observation. We need to 'see' more to come up with hypotheses and theories about it. But to me... the really BIG question is... assuming we gain the ability to manipulate matter at the atomic level (which seems perfectly reasonable). At that point, we have total and complete control over everything. We can stop every disease. We can stop aging. We can create life from nothing. We can revive dead people. We can stop people from ever dying. What then? If this is all a big science experiment... then surely that has to be the finish line, if not before?

    Our sun will last billions more years... surely we will be reach the finish line before it blows up.
     
    Dec 18, 2014 #15
    blindbella, bobp, DuckDong and 1 other person like this.
  16. JameGumb

    JameGumb We're all out of toner! VIP

    Reputations:
    77,111
    Joined:
    Dec 29, 2013
    Messages:
    60,461
    Likes Received:
    46,162

    I'm guilty of still feeling it's impossible that the universe is infinite. Like unable to accept the fact that there's something infinite. Like there's no "End of the Universe."
     
    Dec 18, 2014 #16
  17. chapped

    chapped Well-Known Member

    Reputations:
    24
    Joined:
    Jan 6, 2012
    Messages:
    55,623
    Likes Received:
    61,874

    it has taken Voyager 1 almost 37 years just to at 38k mph to leave the solar sytem

    we have a long ... long way to go if we are going to out live out sun
     
    Dec 18, 2014 #17
  18. chapped

    chapped Well-Known Member

    Reputations:
    24
    Joined:
    Jan 6, 2012
    Messages:
    55,623
    Likes Received:
    61,874

    end of the universe bugs me... i mean it has to end somewhere...
     
    Dec 18, 2014 #18
    Dump Button and greenchiclets like this.
  19. spark888

    spark888 Well-Known Member

    Reputations:
    757
    Joined:
    Aug 13, 2013
    Messages:
    887
    Likes Received:
    977
    Yes, but I don't think about it much but when I do I can't wrap my brain around why we are even here. I get the big bang theory.....if that's how it all started? I don't understand why something was even there to cause the "Big Bang"?
     
    Dec 18, 2014 #19
    blindbella likes this.
  20. greenchiclets

    greenchiclets Well-Known Member

    Reputations:
    15,673
    Joined:
    Dec 13, 2011
    Messages:
    5,496
    Likes Received:
    9,936
    But what is 2 feet beyond that wall? I actually get dizzy thinking about this shit, I'm out
     
    Dec 18, 2014 #20
Page 1 of 6