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"The world would be better if everyone watched this video..."

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crooks
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well, shit..

(I'm not sure if this can be embedded but here is the direct link)

http://gizmodo.com/5513783/the-world-would-be-better-if-everyone-watched-this-video
Apr 13 2010 2:21AM
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Gnarshred
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Carl Sagan is a pretty smart dude.

Without all out "accomplishments" we wouldn't be able to appreciate just how insignificant they really are. The more we learn, the less we matter. Pretty interesting paradox.
Apr 13 2010 2:27AM
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EH_DUBS
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yeah we are really insignificant in the grand scheme of things.

what you said is trippy to^ haha
Apr 13 2010 2:41AM
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zerospinskier
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Yup.
Apr 13 2010 2:58AM
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Steezy_IN_KC
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great find crooks.. that video is crazy, it makes you step back and look at life as a whole for a moment.
Apr 13 2010 3:04AM
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H8CH
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Apr 13 2010 9:30AM
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Phormat
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awesome, and humbling
Apr 13 2010 10:32AM
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Brock.
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 i hate really hate doing this (they should just have a button that lets you save it) but,

my threads for when i have headphones

Apr 13 2010 10:40AM
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MADDECENT
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Great Find.
Apr 13 2010 10:48AM
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chapz
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nucking futs.
Apr 13 2010 11:48AM
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sk1er
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Agreed. But we'd still be better off without religion.
Apr 13 2010 11:55AM
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MitchPee
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Meh, I think it all boils down to interpretation of religion. Imagine if we had a religion that actually looked down on killing, stealing, harming, etc. Well we do, however people don't necessarily interpret books to look for the morally right actions, they read what they want to read to justify the actions they really want to take. That is just one of the major problems. What I love about some religions is they provide a moral fundamental basis for people living a good life. It's too bad our systemic approach to life in most countries condemns that from happening.

Thoughts on space really correlate with how miniscule our actions and possibly lives are. If we only have such a minimal amount of time, why are so many lives lived purely in poverty, hate, envy, etc? To me it makes no sense and that is definitely my humanitarian side in the scope of existence.

Another trippy thought I had once is that what happens when humans are extinct? Scientists say that there are only two animals who have the potential of spreading the story of humans throughout their own existence. Dolphins and monkeys. Imagine dolphins or monkeys dominating the animal kingdom and earth to such an extent that they in turn develop intelligence like humans probably did. Domesticating other animals and getting the proper amino acid combinations to develop serious brain activity through reduction of food collecting time. Makes you think...in 5 billion years of earth could there have been someone before us that we passed down through our hierarchy of ancestors? Someone who fed us knowledge like we held monkeys or swam with the dolphins? Obviously there would be no written knowledge, but ancient history is mostly stories. Perhaps their stories could evolve into what we in turn interpret as religion today? Just a thought...
Apr 13 2010 1:08PM
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I.killCommies
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carl sagan is awesome
Apr 13 2010 1:34PM
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bfnradford
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This video was posted in the comments section, pretty cool as well.

http://

Apr 13 2010 2:29PM
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crooks
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Apr 13 2010 5:21PM
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O.G.Surachai
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at work, threads.

Apr 13 2010 7:19PM
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Peter.
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carl sagan is the best narrator for anything ever. RIP
Apr 13 2010 7:24PM
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jeremy.g
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this. crazy smart dude. we always watched videos of his spaceship of imagination in freshman earth science.
Apr 13 2010 7:47PM
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Benson23
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nice! hahah were so small.
Apr 13 2010 7:48PM
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Turner.
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wow, sick find, Carl Sagan is the best.
at first I thought that doesn't actually look so small, but once it started zooming out, it really hit me.
I wasn't sold on the clips they used in the video though, they could have found better ones.
Apr 13 2010 7:58PM
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207
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Real humbling. Makes you think about life.
Apr 13 2010 8:02PM
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Sleet
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science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind

-Albert Einstein-
Apr 13 2010 8:10PM
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SteevJee
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haha I used that quote on someone, and they started flipping out at me. However, once I told them it was from Einstein they stopped talking.
Apr 13 2010 8:44PM
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DaveM
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It would have been awesome to see a showdown between him and WM
Apr 13 2010 9:08PM
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rj.
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threads
Apr 13 2010 9:15PM
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squibble
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I was thinking about that last night. There's no reason to get angry over someone calling you an asshole, or your car getting towed. There's no reason to get worried if you fail a test, because its all so inconsequential. Nothing really matters.

It got me thinking about what I should do with my life, and what I should strive for. Is it really so great to be an entrepreneur, a doctor, a lawyer, or a business man, when none of them have any lasting effect. Even the damage we are doing to the earth right now is irrelevant in the history of the universe. We could kill every last thing on this planet with our garbage and in a million years, if the earth is still here, new organisms will pop up. When that happens it won't even matter that I found a cure for cancer after years of research and saved countless lives, because they're all dead anyway. What's the point in getting all worked up because I got 24 out of 25 kills for a nuke in COD.

Apr 13 2010 9:20PM
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theblacktaco
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so true .. i mean for that like 1 day ur a re happy u got a good test grade or that 1 day ur are upset u got a bad grade

does that really even matter in the big picture

although def still try ur hardest and have the best time u can cause after all whats living life if ur not living alive

Apr 13 2010 9:27PM
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Phill.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUvVdc253YE


This, if I did it right, is a shorter version that Story of The Year used as an interlude to there latest album.
Apr 13 2010 9:43PM
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zerospinskier
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If you are interested about more astronomy stuff, this guy makes some great videos that explain things in a pretty simple way. I've always been fascinated by our universe. It's really unbelievable.

http://www.youtube.com/user/tdarnell
Apr 13 2010 9:56PM
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_CC_
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well thats...humbling, and fascinating. im gonna do my best to keep that in the back of my mind for the rest of my life.
Apr 13 2010 10:06PM
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SmokeyTheBear
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Ha i never thought of that, that is pretty crazy.

If interpreted one way this could make you want to give up on life
Apr 13 2010 10:58PM
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JahJahBinks
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Guess I can't talk shit to short people any more...
Apr 13 2010 11:14PM
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uosdwiSrjewoH
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i've decided that i don't give a shit that i don't matter. sure, we're a tiny speck in the universe, but that doesn't change my outlook at all. just because what i do in my life doesn't matter doesn't make a sick powder turn any less fun, doesn't make me want to get money or fuck btiches any less. that's my two cents.
Apr 14 2010 1:31AM
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Gnarshred
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thats fine man. Some of us just can't live like that unfortunately. I agree with you completely, I just can't turn off my brain and believe me I've tried...
Apr 14 2010 1:48AM
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Jenser
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Another trippy thought that i had is that as a human race we are completely ignorant to think that we are other beings out there in this vast universe. I forget who posted it, but that video posted of the hubble telescope said that it detected nearly 10 billion galaxies. Now tell me how you beleive that infact we are the only beings living in this universe, let alone galaxy.

Aswell, Im only 16 so i dont know too much, but does anyone know if scientists know how old other planets in out galaxy are? Never really thought about that and could probobly explain somemore.

Apr 14 2010 1:52AM
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MitchPee
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I think you're missing the point. I don't believe that Carl said these things to make all people feel insignificant and that they aren't worthy of existence. His main philosophy is that we should get over our petty differences of race, national origin, class, etc. He is trying to say that greed and an insatiable thirst for power are such naive and unfortunate emotions because of our short lived time on earth. Our history won't always be here, and that I can agree to. Since humans are such a miniscule portion of what time has existed, I wouldn't doubt it if we would soon be forgotten and our existence is wiped from this earth.

However, I don't, and I don't think he does either, believe that we shouldn't encourage pursuit of our happiness. Via whatever economic system we deem viable, we still have to realize we are all human. Whatever regimes we topple, whoever we kill, whatever we steal, will all have been for such an insignificant purpose. For all the Hitlers, Ghengis Khans, Saddam Huesseins, etc, their actions hurt the very purpose what I believe is our existence. That is, much like you said, to enjoy our relatively short time on this planet while correspondingly helping others enjoy theirs. Because in the long run, a Jew and a Muslim both live and die. When they live their whole lives hating, nobody really lived.

hippiest shit I have ever said.


Apr 14 2010 1:52AM
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Jenser
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You  are straight up brilliant man, I don't know if its just me, but that sounded spot on.
Apr 14 2010 2:06AM
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kstanz
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so nothing really matters anyway? we should all just kill ourselves?
Apr 14 2010 2:15AM
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ike.
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think of thee universe, then a galaxy relative to it, then a solar system relative to it, then earth, then think of how small a continent is, then countries, then states or provinces, then cities, then groups of people, then individuals, then organs within that individual, then the thousands up on thousands of cells that compose these organ's, then the 100's of organnelles within 1 cell. think of how small the smallest organelle of the smallest cell is relative to the universe. it's weird to think of it, for me at least
Apr 14 2010 2:30AM
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Gnarshred
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You and anyone asking these questions should read this:


absurdism changed my life. Really.
Apr 14 2010 2:40AM
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Jenser
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I've thought of that a few times. Thinking kind of that the entire thought of universe isn't really the largest thing on in astronomical scale. Whose to say that beyond this universe isnt a whole new sort of life we can't even fathem.
Apr 14 2010 2:40AM
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ike.
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another good point. the universe could be just like earth on a scale to another section of space. possibilities are endless.
Apr 14 2010 2:44AM
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Jenser
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By the way Crooks, thank you for making this thread. It is fucking awsome.
Apr 14 2010 2:47AM
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uosdwiSrjewoH
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i'm going to be honest, i wasn't responding to carl sagan, i was responding to all the people in the thread flipping out about how tiny they were and how life had no meaning. i don't agree with carl either, i just though about trying to explain myself, and my thoughts were in no way cohesive, so i gave up.
Apr 14 2010 1:43PM
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squibble
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your a simpleton
Apr 14 2010 2:17PM
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Shadows
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that video didnt tell me anything i didnt already learn the first time i tripped. nothing new. we need to have a better sense of EARTH not world or universe.
Apr 14 2010 2:39PM
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Gnarshred
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haha word. tripping makes you feel pretty small compared to the shit around you.
Apr 14 2010 2:47PM
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Phormat
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Very thought provoking. This is only going to frustrate me. I can't decide on anything. Do I have too? Ah, endless trains of thought continue.
Apr 14 2010 3:05PM
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Gnarshred
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I mean, when it comes down to it. You don't really have to decide. Thats the wonderful thing about life. We can enjoy so many things without understanding them! I bet most people dont understand the physics behind a ski jump and yet we love it!

Life in general should be the same. Do what makes you happy, and what you think is right. Thats all that matters. If thinking about this stuff is one of those things, I recommend going into philosophy.
Apr 14 2010 4:07PM
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uosdwiSrjewoH
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if you think i just decided this in a second, you're wrong. There was a point in my life where i could not sleep because of this conundrum. I finally decided it wasn't worth ruining my life over, went skiing, had a great day, made my decision. Just because you decide to waste your life pondering a problem you can never solve doesn't mean you can look down on people who don't.
Apr 14 2010 5:59PM
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