Planet Earth is an infinitesimal part of our universe, (eg the Milky Way), and there are likely an infinite numbers of other universes. All life on Earth evolved, adapted, and optimized to survive within their particular location on our planet. There are probably other planets somewhere that could sustain life as we know it, but that still limits man to a very tiny portion of the universe, which is mostly made of inanimate space, matter, and energy.
In this context life on Earth is mostly crude and limited; imprisoned here. An examination of our earthly human system's irrelevance as they apply to the vastness of the space brings home the point. What happens if someone scream in space. There is no air in which to propagate sound waves, so in space there is no sound. In space you can scream as loud as you want, but your scream will not be heard. This make our voices and ear irrelevant system throughout the enormity of the universe. Our ears also provide man with a sense of up and down direction, but in space there is no gravity, thus there is no up or down direction. All sense of direction in space must be based on some reference point in our expanding universe. Not only is there no sound in space for our ears to hear, our ears' sense of up and down direction become irrelevant. What happens to man's sense of smell in the vast majority of the universe. Man need an atmosphere, (eg air), in order to smell. In space their is no smell. Also, in space there is no food; only space, matter, and energy. Therefore our system to eat food, digest food, and use its nourishment becomes irrelevant when view in the greater context of the universe as a whole. These are only a few example of dependencies of life on Earth. Live on Earth began, evolved, adapted, and optimized to survive within their own particular locations of our planet. Such life developed very precisely, which mean such live has a very low tolerance for error. Viruses are at the top of the food chain on Earth. This form of life is simple, has a minimum number of system and dependencies, can rapidly adapt to changing conditions, and can survive long periods of inactivity. Some viruses might even be able to survive in space in a dormant state, awaiting the right time to awaken. Regards, LelandJ On 01/15/2011 02:51 PM, Nicholas Geti wrote: > Another article I just read said that many amphibians in the rain forest are > dying off because the air temperature has risen a fraction of a degree. They > are so finely tuned that the slightest variation in climate is causing their > demise. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Leland Jackson"<[email protected]> > To: "ProFox Email List"<[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 4:32 PM > Subject: Re: [OT] Figures show 2010 hottest year on record > > >> The universe is a very precise instrument, like a fine watch that keeps >> perfect time. There is even great precision within our small solar >> system, where each planet maintain its place in perfect harmony through >> space and time. What would a 2% deviation from the statistical mean in >> earth rotation around the sun mean? Would earth be able to maintain its >> place in the solar system, or would she spin out of her rotation into >> space? >> >> Systems build to high precision have very low tolerances for error. >> Live on earth evolved, adapted, and optimized over millions of years to >> be very precise instruments. Unfortunately, this mean they have a very >> low tolerances to deviations. >> >> Regards, >> >> LelandJ >> >> >> >> >> On 01/14/2011 03:15 PM, Michael Madigan wrote: >>> A 2% deviation from the mean is significant? IN WHAT WORLD? >>> >>> --- On Fri, 1/14/11, Stephen Russell<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> From: Stephen Russell<[email protected]> >>>> Subject: Re: [OT] Figures show 2010 hottest year on record >>>> To: "ProFox Email List"<[email protected]> >>>> Date: Friday, January 14, 2011, 3:05 PM >>>> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 1:52 PM, >>>> Michael Madigan<[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Are you out of your mind? >>>>> >>>>> So when the world temperature is 2% lower than the >>>> year before you're going to say we're heading into an ice >>>> aged. >>>>> BY DEFINITION IF WE'RE 2% ABOVE AVERAGE THERE WERE >>>> YEARS WHEN IT WAS 2% BELOW AVERAGE. >>>> --------------------- >>>> >>>> Are you high? Been hanging out with the guys who can >>>> fix a horse again? >>>> >>>> Over time your temp value may be a slope upwards and the >>>> increase may >>>> be slight say .125 deg. Suddenly you have a 1.25 and >>>> it is no longer >>>> consistent. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Stephen Russell >>>> >>>> Sr. Production Systems Programmer >>>> CIMSgts >>>> >>>> 901.246-0159 cell >>>> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
