I mean you get billions of planets, suns, stars, pulsars, cosmic clouds and stuff in the galaxy and then wider universe.... just in our solar system you have the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn ect ect.... and only the Sun and the Earth are good for anything. The rest have no purpose. What a waste ! Ok the big ones like Jupiter are semi-useful for attracting asteroids before they endanger Earth.
At least with nature on earth you can see how most stuff has a purpose... and how most plants/animals/ interconnects and has purpose with rest of nature.... but its so wasteful out there in space imo.
That big bang has a lot to answer for. What a waste of energy that was. All those billions of suns and no (of few) real intelligent lifeforms out there (that we know of) to make use of all those immese sun powersources.
2007-03-14 17:50:45 · 22 answers · asked by Joe Bloggs 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
ps: Thanks for your good answers. BTW ~ I not anti-universe. I love it and accept it for what it is.... and that there are probably complicated reasons for it working out how it is.
After all, what sometimes appears to be chaos is actually just a series of complicated hidden order.... and we just don't yet have the knowledge to sort through and see how all that hidden order works.
2007-03-14 18:16:18 · update #1
infinate wisdom - i'm currently watching that streaming "news conference". I have my doubts about stuff like this but will watch it as its interesting.
2007-03-14 18:18:35 · update #2
no i totally diagree! The universe is not a waste of space and meaningless. It may seem now as though the sun and our planet are all that concern us but then again thats very egocentric of us. Yes, the sun is our primary source of life but in 4 billion years, that is assuming that our race last that long, it will collapse into oblivion, depleting our "only" source, not to mention imploding the first four planets( yes that's us) with it! If we hope to survive we need to know about these other planets so we can have a backup plan. so far astronomers predict that Saturn's moon, titan, will make a good new home planet. We also need these other stars, planets, etc., to study so that we can find out more about our existance and surroundings, i.e: the big bang( as u mentioned) and what i stated above. Also have u ever thought that without these "pointless" other planets and stars, we would not have be in same situation we are know, ex: not enough/too much planets to keep us far enough/ too close to the sun so that we can live. Instead of thinking of how random and wastful space is maybe we should think of how conincidently "perfect" every has fallen into place so that we can exist!
2007-03-14 18:10:38 · answer #1 · answered by shevonne 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's a waste of space. Just because we're the only sentient beings that we know of doesn't mean that everything else in the universe is a waste. Things like stars, distant planets, asteroids, whatever, may not seem useful to us, but to deem them useless because of that fact would be pretty selfish.
Though we may have a lot more knowledge of the universe these days than ever before, we have merely scratched the surface of what it's all there for. It's entirely possible that what we know as our Solar System is actually a tiny fragment of something entirely incomprehensible. We could be part of another enormously huge living creature, or Earth could just be a rock with living things on it that exist here for no reason.
Sorry for the long answer, but that is my opinion.
2007-03-14 18:00:50 · answer #2 · answered by K-Sama 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You said that "only the Sun and the Earth are good for anything." You seem to be assuming that nowhere else in the entire universe are there other solar systems with planets similar to Earth where intelligent life may exist. If I've understood your thinking, then you should consider that there are some 70-sextillion other stars in the universe and that a large percentage of those star systems surely have habitable planets.
2007-03-14 18:46:56 · answer #3 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i do no longer think of it extremely is a waste of area. in basic terms because of the fact we are the only sentient beings that all of us comprehend of does no longer propose that each and every thing else in the universe is a waste. issues like stars, distant planets, asteroids, despite, won't look smart to us, yet to deem them ineffective because of the fact of that fact could be notably selfish. in spite of the shown fact that we would have so plenty extra information of the universe at present than ever before, we've only scratched the floor of what it is all there for. it is entirely attainable that what all of us comprehend as our photograph voltaic device is quite a tiny fragment of a few thing entirely incomprehensible. we could be a area of yet another particularly huge living creature, or Earth ought to easily be a rock with living issues on it that exist right here for no reason. Sorry for the long answer, yet it is my opinion.
2016-10-02 03:51:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The concept of "waste" is a human construct. The universe doesn't bother with such inane emotional definitions. The universe simply is.
And since when does life on Earth have a purpose? Nothing that goes on here has squat to do with the rest of the universe. Seems like kind of a wasted effort to me.
2007-03-14 19:12:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The universe doesn't waste space.
It is an evolving entity the utilizes all it;s resources to produce ever thing we experience to-day.
It is a finite entity that will run it's course and one day will go out of existence.
All those other millions or billions of intelligent alien societies are the result of the efforts of a universe to give itself some meaning and to become aware of itself.
2007-03-15 02:53:05 · answer #6 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What else would you plan to do to utilize the same amount of space? In order for anyting to be a waste, there would have to be a better option. If you can't come up with a more appropriate option, then, i'm going to have to opine that no, it is not a waste of space.
2007-03-15 05:28:58 · answer #7 · answered by Robert G 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry guy but the Universe is Space. You are practically saying that space is a waste of space. The Universe is a void with nothing mostly filling it. It is empty space and so, it can't be a waste of it's self.
2007-03-14 18:56:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Space may well be nothing without the objects in it. These are what give space a meaning - distances, relative positions and so on.
Space would certainly be a waste without all of the other galaxies in it. Then again, can "nothing" be a waste?
2007-03-14 17:56:24 · answer #9 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the mass. Sure space is immense, but if the mass of the universe is present, the Big Crunch will occur and space will contract back to singularity. And inflate again, as well. Then every single human's dna structure will then require reconstruction, until the next crunch.
2007-03-14 18:24:50 · answer #10 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋