The scale of the universe

[andys]

Another great Mahatma Gandi quote goes:

"Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it."

and, methinks, demonstrates a previously unrecognised empathy with the work done by diggers everywhere!

 

[langcliffe]

no one will ever know everything only that there will be more unknowns

Or in the words of that great philosopher Donald Rumsfeld: "There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know."

 

[Amy]

http://xkcd.com/482/

 

[TheBitterEnd]

I liked this one, not the whole universe but perhaps a bit more comprehensible (I posted the big version on purpose)

 

[whitelackington]

We are supposed to believe that the Universe is expanding,
but is it gaining mass?

 

[graham]

We are supposed to believe that the Universe is expanding,
but is it gaining mass?

No.

 

[droid]

No.

 

[SpeleoTrog]

Of course it is - every Sunday, the Pope adds another one!

 

[Alex]

I wonder if the pope would ever cause a nuclear explosion if his mass was on "critical" affairs.