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edhopper

(33,575 posts) Wed Apr 29, 2015, 03:31 PM Apr 2015

1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 [View all]

That is the estimate of how many stars there are in the Universe. There are probably 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 planets.

Something to think about through the lens of your beliefs or non beliefs.

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1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 [View all] edhopper Apr 2015 OP

The possibilities of what may out there approach the infinite. cbayer Apr 2015 #1

oh wait, you are promoting theology based on there being lots of stars. Warren Stupidity Apr 2015 #8

False equivalence. AtheistCrusader Apr 2015 #12

Or else they reach the infinite... stone space Apr 2015 #16

A concept which I can't get my head around at all. cbayer Apr 2015 #19

But, But, But... Politicalboi Apr 2015 #2

There is a little village in Italy edhopper Apr 2015 #3

I have one there as well. cbayer Apr 2015 #6

We would have to divide the number edhopper Apr 2015 #11

And they are countless. cbayer Apr 2015 #15

I won't be in Italy this year edhopper Apr 2015 #21

I will eat for you. cbayer Apr 2015 #26

lots of gelato please. edhopper Apr 2015 #32

Deal. Every time I get myself one, I will get one for you. cbayer Apr 2015 #34

yum edhopper Apr 2015 #35

An Octillion or more. bobalew Apr 2015 #4

I don't get it? upaloopa Apr 2015 #5

Just a fact that can lead to interesting thoughts edhopper Apr 2015 #10

Ok thanks. In that vein try to describe to a person upaloopa Apr 2015 #17

I don't get it edhopper Apr 2015 #22

The number of stars and planets does not alter the set of what is possible. Warren Stupidity Apr 2015 #36

and that's only safeinOhio Apr 2015 #7

or in the 'known' universe rurallib Apr 2015 #29

So there are other stars that exist only in the "other" dimension? Warren Stupidity Apr 2015 #37

It's Dorian Gray Apr 2015 #9

Non-belief isn't a lens. AtheistCrusader Apr 2015 #13

True edhopper Apr 2015 #23

See it as it is, rather than with a filter? AtheistCrusader Apr 2015 #25

but seeing it in a completely edhopper Apr 2015 #33

I don't know what you mean. AtheistCrusader Apr 2015 #38

does the sheer vastness edhopper Apr 2015 #40

Lots of feelings. AtheistCrusader Apr 2015 #47

That's all I'm saying edhopper Apr 2015 #48

I don't think it's relevant to the question of whether there are or are not god(s). AtheistCrusader Apr 2015 #49

Bingo! TheBlackAdder Apr 2015 #28

No lens=blind. okasha Apr 2015 #30

Actually in this case the "lens" referred to is, in the metaphor, Warren Stupidity Apr 2015 #39

yes edhopper Apr 2015 #41

In which case, the correct term for the optic okasha Apr 2015 #42

It is a common metaphor. Warren Stupidity Apr 2015 #43

You introduced an "external opti." okasha Apr 2015 #44

Actually, ed introduced it in the OP. trotsky Apr 2015 #45

And i confirmed edhopper Apr 2015 #46

He thinks a lens is a filter. Go figure! Starboard Tack Apr 2015 #54

"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." pinto Apr 2015 #14

And yours as well edhopper Apr 2015 #24

Yeah. I meant it as supportive of your OP, though. pinto Apr 2015 #50

Thanks for the clarification edhopper Apr 2015 #51

Not bad...(10^27)...not bad...but if you want to contemplate something really mind blowing... NeoGreen Apr 2015 #18

That's why I'm convinced that mine is the one true church. delrem Apr 2015 #20

That is a lot of stars. hrmjustin Apr 2015 #27

And around ~95% of all of the known universe F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #31

And after that, G*D spent eternity worrying about Dale and Gary's marriage in Cleveland. Half-Century Man Apr 2015 #52

and in all the 15 billion years edhopper Apr 2015 #53

Indeed it is something to think about Starboard Tack Apr 2015 #55

The greater we see the Universe is edhopper Apr 2015 #56