More stars in the universe than grains of sand on all the beaches in the world...

[Spit]

We have all heard this and was thinking about it the other day while on the beach. I took and handful and thought it was a myth as there couldn't possibly be!!

Well I looked for some workings out and it looks like there are like 100-1000 stars for every grain, bonkers!!!

I know there have been threads about how small we are but still another cannot hurt.

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/539329.html

 

[The Mad Rapper]

All we are is dust in the wind dude

 

[geeklight]

I actually hadn't heard that before ;$ It's awesome.

 

[Jokester]

Also more neural pathways in your brain than there is grains of sand on all the beaches alledgedly.

 

[PhillyDee]

We are all made of stars.

I am an amateur astronomer, and there is nothing at all like the buzz of being out there, cold, wrapped up warm in the winter, pure dark skies, telescope pointed, and knowing that the photons that are hitting your eye were emitted millions (billions also) of years ago.

 

[bledd]

I read it as 'stairs'

 

[ElliorR]

Depending on how many other civilisations there are out there it could also possibly be more stairs in the universe than grains of sand on the planet earth.

 

[gambitt]

All we are is dust in the wind dude

So-crates!

 

[pooley]

mind blowing stuff

 

[Cosimo]

All we are is dust in the wind dude

That we are and invisible in the galactic ocean. What an amazing universe it is.

 

[Nymins]

Also more neural pathways in your brain than there is grains of sand on all the beaches alledgedly.

There are more connections in your brain than atoms in the universe.




Apparently

 

[Tefal]

There are more connections in your brain than atoms in the universe.




Apparently

as each connection is made out of trillions and trillions of atoms how's that work?

 

[Serenityxo]

You can't take the sky from me.

 

[Tefal]

You can't take the sky from me.

 

[Nymins]

as each connection is made out of trillions and trillions of atoms how's that work?

I's don't's knows how's it's work's.

Serialz though I just heard it before.

 

[Jokester]

Actually that's right about neurons, I've heard that as well. It's due to the number of pathways growing exponentially kind of thing with each extra neuron.

 

[Serenityxo]

Actually that's right about neurons, I've heard that as well. It's due to the number of pathways growing exponentially kind of thing with each extra neuron.

But the pathways require atoms to be made. Therefore there must be more atoms than pathways. Surely?

 

[Jokester]

But the pathways require atoms to be made. Therefore there must be more atoms than pathways. Surely?

If you have a billion neurons and add one more neuron (a billions atoms as a guess), it's connected to every other neuron, via every other neuron, the total number of pathways is astronomical, something like a billion to the power of a billion.

 

[EternityEight]

And this is why...

Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying