Is universe made up of particles that give structure to something bigger, thus making life on earth like germs growing on a rock?
2007-06-03 11:15:03 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Germs are both good and bad so being seen as a germ isn't necessarily a bad thing.
A lot of people have referred to humans as parasite on the earth, sucking the life blood out of it by destroying all its natural resources and polluting the planet. There is some truth in that.
If you are comparing human civilisation as so insignificant compared to the vastness of the universe that we are but as germs on a rock, then you are right, we could be seen as nothing compared to what is out there. But, what if we are the only creature in the universe that does not just exist, but can control its own environment and destiny. Then we would be the most powerful creature or germ in the universe.
Size isn't everything; we can be easily killed by germs that are so small you need a powerful microscope to see them.
2007-06-03 20:26:36 · answer #1 · answered by malcolm g 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
D'you know, I've often wondered about this one!
What if we're like tiny microbes crawling over the surface of some tiny particle of dust called the Earth, which in turn is floating around in some dusty room called a solar system, the centre of which is someone's bare electric light bulb? Outside this room is God knows what, probably loads of other rooms which make up a house universe. What's outside the universe?
It works the other way too, what if there's a whole universe inside of me? Filled with molecules infested by other 'human' microbes just like me? Where does it stop? Does it carry on to infinity.
Big fleas have little fleas
Upon their backs to bite em
And little fleas have smaller fleas
An so ad infinitum.
2007-06-03 11:30:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I heard that said on a documentary once... that we were the germs of the earth... the little organisms that mother nature tries to ger rid of.
2007-06-03 11:20:00 · answer #3 · answered by Faith . 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You could be right: there's this guy I know and he gets right up my nose - just like a germ!
2007-06-03 11:35:31 · answer #4 · answered by palaver 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps it's the universe itself that's a particle...
2007-06-03 11:18:29 · answer #5 · answered by Lobster 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is this question quite germane to the subject under discussion?
2007-06-03 22:21:07 · answer #6 · answered by los 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we live on the earth, and yes in a sense grow on, yet we are not germs , we have spirits also, and we can live outside of the earth,
2007-06-03 11:21:19 · answer #7 · answered by dlin333 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Sure, humans are parasites to other animals and that is why they like to kill us!! Have you been near a lion recently?
2007-06-03 11:24:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
All depends on your perspective
2007-06-03 11:17:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes... You are correct in this sense.
2007-06-03 11:25:48 · answer #10 · answered by Don W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋