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Showing posts with label Rebel Without a Cause. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rebel Without a Cause. Show all posts
According to a report by the Sunday Times, the world-renowned astrophysicists’ co-authored a mathematical study in which he and his colleagues sought to prove the multiverse theory, and how different universes exist out there.
In addition, he also predicted how the universe we currently live in would eventually fade to darkness as stars throughout the cosmos run out of energy.
Comment: follows the Rebel without a Cause Planetarium message. Source
...and immensity of our universe.
For many days before the end of our Earth...
...people will look into the night sky and notice a star...
...increasingly bright and increasingly near. ...
As this star approaches us...
...
As this star approaches us, the weather will change. ...
The great polar fields of the north and south will rot and divide. ...
And the seas will turn warmer. ...
The last of us search the heavens and stand amazed. ...
For the stars will still be there...
...moving through their ancient rhythms. ..
The familiar constellations that illuminate our night...
...will seem as they have always seemed:
Eternal, unchanged and little moved...
...by the shortness of time between our planet's birth and demise.
Orion, the hunter.
One of Ptolemy's constellations...
...and the most brilliant in the heavens.
....
They're almost equal in brilliancy.
Cancer, the crab...
...containing a large, loose cluster of stars, called Praesepe or the Beehive.
The sun can be vertically overhead.
Taurus, the bull. ...
That's real funny.
....
And while the flash of our beginning...
...has not yet traveled the light years into distance...
...has not yet been seen by planets deep within the other galaxies...
...we will disappear into the blackness of the space from which we came...
...destroyed as we began, in a burst of gas and fire.
The heavens are still and cold once more.
In all the immensity of our universe and the galaxies beyond...
...the Earth will not be missed.
Through the infinite reaches of space...
...the problems of man seem trivial and naive indeed.
And man, existing alone...
...seems himself an episode of little consequence.
That's all.
Thank you for your attention.
Contrast with Psalm 8 that conveys that man has consequence!
What is Worldview? "A worldview is a theory of the world, used for living in the world. A world view is a mental model of reality — a framework of ideas & attitudes about the world, ourselves, and life, a comprehensive system of beliefs — with answers for a wide range of questions: What are humans, why we are here, and what is our purpose in life? What are your goals for life? When you make decisions about using time — it's the stuff life is made of — what are your values and priorities? What can we know, and how? and with how much certainty? Does reality include only matter/energy, or is there more?"
Here's my simplistic "me" oriented view of the world - as if "I" (b. Aug 19, 1949) were the absolute center of the universe. Below represents "me" (There is no actual picture of me at this age!):
Am I real or am I just dreaming - a la The Matrix. What does it mean that I am a "person"?
I hardly understood death then - but now that Daddy is dead along with a host of other persons I once knew! What happens to me once the heart stops pumping, the lungs stop breathing and the brain stops computing?
More simplistically: what was before me? The past!
What is real around me? The present! How can I know anything?
What should I do? How should I live?
What will happen after me? The future! And since I am entirely selfish (it's all about me), where will I be in that future?
This small, humble blog post by, what I have come to understand, a fairly average individual with a limited knowledge of all now quotes Wikipedia (the more than me!):
According to Apostel, a worldview is an ontology, or a descriptive model of the world. It should comprise these six elements:
For many days before the end of our
earth people will look into the
night sky and notice a star,
increasingly bright and increasingly
near.
The last of us search the heavens
and stand amazed. For the stars
will still be there, moving through
their ancient rhythms.
The familiar constellations that
illuminate our night will seem as
they have always seemed, eternal,
unchanged and little moved by the
shortness of time between our
planet's birth and its demise.
Orion, the Hunter. Gemini, the Twins. Cancer, the Crab.
Taurus, the Bull.
Sagittarius and Aries--all as they
have ever been.
And while the flash of our
beginning has not yet traveled the
light years into distance--
Has not yet been seen by planets
deep within the other galaxies, we
will disappear into the blackness
of the space from which we came
.
Destroyed as we began in a burst of
gas and fire.
The heavens are still and cold once
more. In all the complexity of our
universe and the galaxies beyond,
the Earth will not be missed.
Through the infinite reaches of
space, the problems of Man seem
trivial and naive indeed. And Man,
existing alone, seems to be an
episode of little consequences.
That's all. Thank you very much.
Plato remarks: "What does he know about Man alone?"
Perhaps we (a collective "we") are rebels without a cause because we regard ourselves of little consequence and in the end - that's all!
Que Peggy Lee:
Changing course a bit, and not revealing my own worldview, here are some worldview questions (thinking ... if someone asked me (since this post is about me) these questions, he would know my worldview:
Is there a Creator?
What / who was there before the beginning of the universe?
Is God (or god) (depending on previous question) knowable?
