How does the understanding for the size of the world change one's thinking?

What was it like living on the Easter Island, the world a place you can walk around within a few days?

When Einstein developed general relativity, we did not know there were other galaxies beyond the Milky Way.

Most people today don't know how vast the Universe - and yet my own thinking is deeply shaped by being an astrophysicist, by the fact that we are just a tiny memory of a speckle of dust.

#astrodon #VicisAstro

@vicgrinberg I remember when Hubble sent the first pictures of the deep field camera. I had a slow internet connection 1995, but downloaded the full size pictures, line by line, by line. 😂

When I saw this, for a short while I truly believed this changes everything, for all of us, for the better. No more wars, no more fights about religion, all this crap would be a thing for history books, the future would be bright, enlightened people if you will.

Boy was I wrong!

https://youtu.be/Gr_AF_AB1AU

The Hubble Deep Field: Looking Back In Time

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