The scariest video you can show to someone?

[antisocial one]

Title of this thread is actually a warning but if you think this is about some bloody medical operation you are wrong.
This is about scaling whit a lot of zooming out.
I will not say much because I want feedback to be clean as possible.

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If someone does not understand video I can explain video for him.

[EsoteriEccentri]

I've watched something like that before, but starting with the cells in a single leaf and zooming out from there - to the leaf, to the bush, to the street, to the town, to the country, the world, the solar system, the galaxy, the universe. ^^

[AJB]

I find this to be more fascinating than scary because of the seemingly infinite ability to scale in either direction. -- I love the thought process(es) this video creates.

Does anyone else think that the systems / / sub-systems / super systems seem to take on a an atom like shape?

[Jakalwarrior]

Hence my nihilism ;)

[rahdam]

I find this to be more fascinating than scary because of the seemingly infinite ability to scale in either direction. -- I love the thought process(es) this video creates.

Does anyone else think that the systems / / sub-systems / super systems seem to take on a an atom like shape?

It suggests a fractal universe.

[antisocial one]

I find this to be more fascinating than scary because of the seemingly infinite ability to scale in either direction. -- I love the thought process(es) this video creates.

Does anyone else think that the systems / / sub-systems / super systems seem to take on a an atom like shape?

I also think this way but people around me think is scary so I wrote that in title but I have placed that ? in title.

I dont know about atom shape but there is a lot of rotation out there.

[AJB]

It suggests a fractal universe.

I've never heard of this theory until your post. The small amount of research I've just completed is fascinating. -- Thank You

[Double Victory]

I agree that it's more fascinating than anything else. Maybe this shows my lack of knowledge, but I was most surprised at the size of our sun compared to others. What incredible sizes!! With all of that, how can people say we're the only life in the universe?

[Motor Jax]

you know, the scariest movie i have had other people (try) to watch is: two girls one cup

i have yet to see anyone get past the 1st 5 seconds


of course, i have watched the whole thing... and yes, had my own reaction moments

but after a couple of times, you just kinda get used to it

[Moriarty]

I've watched something like that before, but starting with the cells in a single leaf and zooming out from there - to the leaf, to the bush, to the street, to the town, to the country, the world, the solar system, the galaxy, the universe. ^^

Any idea what it was called? Sounds neat.

[Ool]

How is any of that scary?

I look at that—particularly the part where you see the size of the Earth in relation to the Sun—and I tell myself, “energy crisis my ass!”

I mean, the Sun is half a degree wide in the Earth’s sky and it shines down more energy than our economy uses from other sources. And that’s just what shines down on this planet. From the distance of the Sun the Earth is only a two hundredth of a degree wide in the sky. That’s only about a two billionth of the entire sky, meaning two billion times more sunlight is just wasted into space.

And we fret because we run out of hundred-million-year-old algea gunk.


As for the size of the rest of the Universe, the question arises whether it ever even ends anywhere. You can answer that question by wondering whether the network of causality ever ends anywhere. If it did then things would happen without reason, since we happened. If it didn’t then the Universe is infinite. Either way that opens up an infinity of possibilities, and in an infinite phase space it is statistically impossible for a finite pattern to ever cease to exist.

We are finite patterns, however, meaning that the infinite size of the Universe entails our immortality.


So what are you scared of? Infinite life?

I can accept that, but personally I don’t fret about things I cannot change. And immortality is something none of us can change…





Ool added to this post, 3 minutes and 17 seconds later...

Any idea what it was called? Sounds neat.

Probably “Powers of Ten…” (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)

[lotus]

Beautiful

[TheLastMohican]

This video is great. I favorited it.

[Mogura]

I wouldn't say it's scary, but sobering.

Amazing, the side-by-side comparison of the size of the Earth and Sun. Even more, the comparison of the size of our Sun with other stars. After that point the video kinda loses me (yeah, I can't focus on the big picture--ha ha!)

[Ool]

After that point the video kinda loses me (yeah, I can't focus on the big picture--ha ha!)

That’s not surprising, considering you focus on details. Looking at the big picture would be an exercise in defocusing…

[niffer]

LOL. Scroll down to the comments.


"And people are worried about their penis size."

XD

[Mozzes]

you know, the scariest movie i have had other people (try) to watch is: two girls one cup

i have yet to see anyone get past the 1st 5 seconds


of course, i have watched the whole thing... and yes, had my own reaction moments

but after a couple of times, you just kinda get used to it

Uggh...that's it, Motor Jax, you're on the ignore list for even mentioning that video! :angry:

[Motor Jax]

lol ^

[Mozzes]

:laugh:

Naww, I guess I can't ignore you just for mentioning it. Now, if you link it I might just have to hurt you. :knife:

[Motor Jax]

well, you have to admit, they were pretty hot

of course, the ones that i've shown it to will not discuss it and usually change subjects real quick

[Mozzes]

well, you have to admit, they were pretty hot

of course, the ones that i've shown it to will not discuss it and usually change subjects real quick

I admit nothing as, mercifully, I have not seen the video. I have, however, heard people talk about it enough that I can imagine it. :yuck:

[Motor Jax]

i love the reactions on youtube however

the one with kermit the frog watching gets me everytime

(unfortunately, i cannot watch any youtube here :( )

[Beery Swine]

Why would anyone think this was scary? It's majestic.

[tp6626]

Some people would think its scary because it challenges directly their conceptions of self-importance and highlights their narrowmindedness to themselves very succinctly.

INTJ's are typically mindful of what they know, and even more so of what they don't know; therefore it may be unsurprising to some of us even if we weren't aware of this scaling.

However, other types are not like this, and are scared by what they don't know.

I like the scaling idea, by the way. A similar fractal idea is put forward for the unpredictability of rare events in a recent book called Black Swan by N.Taleb, which is very good.

[Firebrand9]

How is any of that scary?
Probably “Powers of Ten…” (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)

This reminds me of the Museum of Natural History's Space/Moon exhibit. They had this awesome IMAX theater with a gradual zooming out of the solar system and universe. The voice-over was Tom Hanks. My boss actually thought I was at this completely retarded conference that day. Far better use of my time!

Also reminds me of Star Trek : NG's episode "Where Noone Has Gone Before". (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.)

[TheLastMohican]

Why would anyone think this was scary? It's majestic.

Especially the last few seconds. The web pattern is too often forgotten about.