/sci/'s wallpaper

[Anonymous No.3294856]

>OC

[Anonymous No.3294860]

>LaTeX font

I came

[Anonymous No.3294865]

> OC
> /sci/

Pick one.

[Anonymous No.3294868]

saved

[Anonymous No.3294887]

>mfw

[Anonymous No.3294892]

>unique

no

[Anonymous No.3294897]

>>3294892
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_Earth_hypothesis

[Anonymous No.3294916]

>>3294856
>See this on the front page
>"Huh, that looks cool. Wow, thats pretty neat. Maybe /sci/ is ni-
>read all the other posts
Wow, so the majority of you are a bunch of unpleasant douchebags, from the look of it.

I liked the image, OP, keep at it.

[Anonymous No.3294938]

In my opinion, the existence of life is a highly overrated phenomenon.

[Anonymous No.3294943]

>>3294897
i am probably unique, yes. but the atoms that make me have no doubt and will no doubt make some other creature so it's not a rare opportunity for them to know themselves.

[Anonymous No.3294946]

>>3294938
read on in the chapter

[Anonymous No.3294958]

>>3294943
>implying our understanding of matter is not phenomenological

[Anonymous No.3294966]

>>3294892
OP here. I can easily change the phrasing (I have it open right now).

If someone offers a more accurate or more poetic phrasing, I'll change it.

[Anonymous No.3294968]

>>3294958
You're not listening (reading hurdur) to what I'm saying.
The way I understand the atoms that make me is unique but the opportunity for atoms to come together to make something that can attempt to understand them may well have happened before, or will happen again in future (therefore not unique)

[Anonymous No.3294975]

>>3294966
change unique to rare, you don't know if an atom in your body once made up another person.

[Anonymous No.3294984]

>>3294966
in fact, dont change it at all. delete it all. just listen to symphony of science and use a quote from that.

stardust contemplating the stars etc

[Anonymous No.3294988]

Enjoyed the reminder.

[Anonymous No.3295022]

>>3294856
You don't need religion to get these feelings

[Anonymous No.3295053]

Sometimes when I'm in bed my mind wanders to the scope and majesty of the universe...

The size of things, the distinces involved, the ingenuity that people had in learning the things that we've been able to learn.

I feel profoundly lucky to have been born as a human in the developed world in this time. Numerically, the odds of being born as a human instead of some other species that wouldn't have such insight are millions to one. My particular instance of consciousness being an intelligent human living in the developed world was like winning the sentience lottery.

It's enough to bring tears to my eyes.

[Anonymous No.3295065]

>>3295053

[Anonymous No.3295147]

Contributan

[Anonymous No.3295166]

>>3295147
Oh man I love that quote. Where is it from?

[Anonymous No.3295210]

>>3295166

It's from some xkcd comic, can't remember which one and can't be bothered to find it

[Anonymous No.3295319]

Whatever.
When 2012 happens I'm moving on to the 4th Density.
Captcha:including memser

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[Anonymous No.3295398]

>>3295147
Dumbest thing I've read this month.

[Anonymous No.3295420]

>>3294856
Awe-inspiring, saved.

No OC to consider, so here's an Alaskan summer or something.

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[Anonymous No.3295429]

>>3295053
>implying your existence isn't predetermined

[Anonymous No.3295441]

>>3295053
actually the chances of you being born are 100% since you in fact were born.

[Anonymous No.3295442]

>>3294856
Here it is without the sci attribution faggotry.

[Anonymous No.3295627]

>>3295442
Too bad it's not 1080p

[Anonymous No.3295667]

Humans observe how lesser animals communicate with each other through sounds, gestures, scents, etc. Those sounds, like a dolphin's call, or an elephant's subsonic rumbling, are undecipherable to us. Well, perhaps not undecipherable, but they are not compatible with our own communication.

We, humans, are everywhere, communicating with each other in sounds and sights (talking and writing). Even this text I'm writing, is sight-based. When you talk to your family or friends, you're simply making noise.

Let H represent humans. Let A represent life forms that are lesser than human, let's say, A, like cows, sheep, deer, insects, etc. Also, consider an entity, we'll call, M, that satisfies the following analogy:

A is to H as H is to M.

To M, our language, our actions, when we talk, when we swear, when we spray paint brick walls with graffiti, is just as interesting to M as A's actions are to us, H.

Conjecture? Is this analogy infinitely extendable in both directions?

[Anonymous No.3295735]

>>3295442
I actually like the thought of a quote coming from some random anon under the name of /sci/.

[Anonymous No.3296476]

>>3294966
The phrasing is perfect. And I'm glad to see you're not one of those fags who inserts a comma just because the word "but" is in there.

[Colonel Coffee Mug !phJ7yIcs.Q No.3296486]

[Anonymous No.3296505]

>>3296476
You shouldn't start a sentence with the word "and".

[Anonymous No.3296511]

>>3296505
If you can avoid it, it should be avoided; otherwise, it can be used -- much like ending a sentence with a preposition.

[OP No.3297049]

self-bumping

[Anonymous No.3297265]

Contributing to epic inspirational thread

[Anonymous No.3297304]

>>3294856
I'm more of cow dung, bat feces and good ole cat urine.

I try not to dwell on the distant past.