The reality of our universe is so much more impressive then the false reality presented by any of its’ man-made religions, it boggles the mind. The gods presented to us as candidates for worship are all so small and inconsequential when compared to the vast reality of what is, it is really a wonder why anyone pays any attention to them at all. If man is searching for meaning, he need look no further then his place in the cosmos.
Through three giant images, the GigaGalaxy Zoom project reveals the full sky as it appears with the unaided eye from one of the darkest deserts on Earth, then zooms in on a rich region of the Milky Way using a hobby telescope, and finally uses the power of a professional telescope to reveal the details of an iconic nebula.
The video tells the story better than I ever could. I like posting stuff like this a lot better, actually, then rants about small gods or Republicans screwing up health care. Enjoy the video, and check out the web site in the link above. Enjoy!
"The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30-second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance. ...The plain lesson is that study and learning – not just of science, but of anything – are avoidable and even undesirable.”
--Carl Sagan,
"Demon-Haunted World, Science as a Candle in the Dark"
