Saw this posted on fb today by a friend of mine....an awesome little monolog written about one man's 'most astounding fact' he has learned about the universe. Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked in an interview by TIME magazine - "What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about
the Universe?" For all those who haven't gotten the memo, 'nerd' is the new cool (cause without a little nerd, you'll never have the knowledge for insight like this). Beautifully said -
"What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the universe?"
"The most astounding fact, is the knowledge that the atoms that comprise life on earth....the atoms that make up the human body, are traceable to the crucibles that cooked the light elements into heavy elements in their core under extreme temperatures and pressures. These stars, the high mass ones among them, went unstable in their later years - they collapsed and then exploded scattering their enriched guts across the galaxy, guts made of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and all the fundamental ingredients of life itself. These ingredients become part of gas clouds that condense, collapse, form the next generation of solar systems; stars with orbiting planets, and those planets now have the ingredients for life itself. So that when I look up at the nights sky, and I know that yes, we are part of this universe, we are in this universe but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us. When I reflect on that fact, I look up; many people feel small, cause they're small and the universe is big, but I feel big, because my atoms came from those stars. There's a level of connectivity; that's really want you want in life - you want to feel connected, you want to feel relevant, you want to feel like you're a participant in the goings on of activities and events around you. That's precisely what we are, just by being alive."
Thanks for the share Stubie...one day we'll sit like little Spanish men again ;-)
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