(February 15, 2015 at 1:18 pm)Pyrrho Wrote:(February 3, 2015 at 1:18 pm)Chas Wrote: I am struck by how slow light is.
It is a matter of perspective. I am struck by how far apart things are. The distances in space are almost unimaginable.
It is one of the reasons there is little chance that beings from one solar system will ever visit beings from another one, unless the two solar systems collide.
It depends on how long-lived the traveling beings are and their motivations. The times involved in the evolution of solar systems and any resultant life forms is what makes the meeting unlikely. One would likely be so far evolved over the other, there would be no significant commonality at all. No reason to meet.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
