[Mr. Luddite]

On 3/1/2015 10:09 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 01 Mar 2015 09:44:17 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

There's a lot about the universe that we have learned since the caveman
days but we are no closer to understanding how it all began than we did
when we were dragging our wives back to the cave by their hair.

A religious based explanation remains just as valid as any unproven
scientific theory.

Note: I am referring to the *origins* of the universe ... not the fact
that mankind determined the earth isn't flat or the make-up of our or
other solar systems and galaxies.

The concept that the universe simply always existed is beyond our feeble
minds to comprehend. We may accept the words as an explanation but we
can't grasp what it means. Sorta like believing in a god.

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You're right. The vast size and the distances involved make it
unlikly that we will ever understand more than a small piece of the
puzzle. Something bad will happen to life as we know it before we
even get close. Even our own galaxy is incredibly vast and it is just
one of billions that are out there.


Yup. As I mentioned in another post the best estimates are that there
are 300 billion stars in our galaxy (Milky Way). There are 100 billion
other *observable* galaxies. No idea of how many we can't see.

That's huge and likely only a tiny, tiny tip of the iceberg.