Don't you think we scare ourselves with thoughts about the universe and blackholes....?

Question

....when our fears are just chemical reactions in our brain, and that when we die we'll have no such problem. The universe could become a black-hole we wouldn't even know....
May it last 5 trillion yrs before exploding into a big bang, and we'd be born again as if a second went by.......

Anyone ever think like this?

Kuan, what are humans but a particule in this universe???

Answer 1

There are a lot of things I'm more scared of--volcanos, floods, comets and meteors, war, nearby supernovae, etc.

Unlike these things, a black hole is not going to pop up and kill us all without warning. If we die of a black hole, that's sort of like dying of old age--an inevitable decline that signals the end of a fully lived life.

We'd have warning millions or billions of years in advance before falling into a black hole. As a civilization we'd have time to come to terms with our mortality.

Answer 2

Of course!

I remember getting panicked when I first heard that an unknown unstable star could explode in our general vicinity at any time, and we'd all disappear without warning. That was much more scary than any old apocalypse!

However, I keep in mind that the brain must avoid boredom at all costs. Stress at a certain level is good for us as humans, and if our lives are too serene, we make up our own worries and drama.

So, some of us dream of falling into black holes or exploding supernovae, while others go and inflict pain on themselves with piercings and tattoos.

Go figure.

Answer 3

I think about freaky stuff like this all the time. It gives me what an old prof called "Metaphysical Vertigo"; when you start to feel dizzy and as if you're having an out of body experience, when you feel tiny and insignificant or as if life is truly meaningless. It can be pretty scary! I try to ground myself and stick myself back into the routines of life so I don't freak out.

Camus argued that we should strive to break free from the routines of life and face the fact that life was short and absurd; this knowledge should enable us to live a truly meaningful and great life. However, sometimes, for me, it just freaks me out too much!

Answer 4

There are many things that can, and probably will, kill us on a universal scale before all that like an asteroid, or solar flares. Could happen anytime at all, before we can react to save ourselves. So what's the point of knowing and fearing? To increase the number of people with this knowledge and therefore increase the chances that one of us will find a solution before it happens. Fear is evolutionarily vital to survival.

Answer 5

A black hole is an extra weight. Save humans before the universe!

Answer 6

You mean GALAXIES not universes. There are super-huge black holes on the middle of maximum galaxies, yet not all. Scientists have shown the existence of the black hollow on the middle of our very own milky way galaxy by utilizing video taping the celebs on the middle of our galaxy orbiting around this black hollow. you will discover the video of this on youtube. extremely, not one single part of your question makes any experience.

Answer 7

Yeah....i try not to think about stuff like that...whats the point of living if you have to live in fear??

Answer 8

I don't think about black holes usually...whatever happens happens. I'll see about it when I get there...

Answer 9

Not really. I woudn't worry about that because we couldn't doing anything about it anyway

Answer 10

absolutely....where the mind goes the body follows and that goes for everyone