Youth and beauty are always fleeting

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Socrates II — 1/6/2009 2:52:01 PM (archived)

Even for a galaxy.

Which leads me to one of my pet ideas: Might galaxies be living beings?
Are we just too small and too new to existence to appreciate or
understand organisms larger than blue whales? Certainly they would
redefine life as we know it.

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The shape of our galaxy - Raoul - 1/5/2009 9:24:48 PM
- Milky Way Is A Big Fat Load - phil - 1/6/2009 9:46:51 PM
  - re: Milky Way Is A Big Fat Load - phil - 1/7/2009 2:39:46 AM
    - Our speed around the core: 265 km/sec instead of 220 km/sec ! (n/t) - Raoul - 1/7/2009 6:36:15 AM
- Our own Sagitarrius Arm has been demoted to a minor arm? - TB - 1/6/2009 4:17:20 AM
  - I thought we were in the Orion Arm? - Socrates II - 1/6/2009 5:08:58 AM
    - Whoops! You're right! - TB - 1/6/2009 7:16:11 AM
      - The Milky Way Transit Authority - Socrates II - 1/12/2009 6:01:41 PM
- We are a quite handsome galaxy! - Bowser - 1/6/2009 1:24:42 AM
  - A very universal truth - Socrates II - 1/6/2009 2:52:23 AM
    - What is a pretty galaxy? - Raoul - 1/6/2009 6:23:35 AM
      - Youth and beauty are always fleeting - Socrates II - 1/6/2009 2:52:01 PM
        
        Our galaxy turns faster and is more massive than we thought! - Raoul - 1/6/2009 5:00:31 PM
        
        Look at the picture. We have an absolutely superior galaxy. - Bowser - 1/7/2009 6:40:16 AM
        
        re: Look at the picture. We have an absolutely superior galaxy. (n/t) - Aminur - 1/17/2009 5:51:42 AM
        
        It is millions of light years between galaxies - Socrates II - 1/7/2009 11:52:29 AM
        
        IF they had the technology... - Nick Hoffman - 1/7/2009 10:05:06 PM
        
        Yes, but alien often gets used about as easily as magic - Socrates II - 1/8/2009 3:40:54 AM

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