Thread 24854652

How many planets are in the universe?
If you take every single grain of sand on earth and imagine that every single grain of sand on earth is 1 billion planets, thats how many.

Any books with some philosophy to address this? I'm finding it very hard to imagine humans are important against such numbers as these. Like how could you possibly argue we matter at all vs that?

Matter to whom

>>24854658

like if there is a god or creator who made that many planets, why would they care about this one?
They probably wouldnt even realize anything had happend here as its too many planets to keep track of.

>>24854661
I mean if God is omniscient he doesn't have any limits on the number of things he can pay attention to. Scale doesn't matter to him.
>Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurled, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
That being said, the scale of the universe does seem to suggest that human beings do not occupy a central place in it.

I’ve read this book three times. It’s what you want.

>>24854690
Another

>>24854652 (OP)
>How many planets are in the universe?
Just one. The others are all reflections.

>>24854652 (OP)
Are you literally the meme?

>>24854652 (OP)
And yet you are alive at the infinitesimally small moment of time in which a single one of those planets births a cosmic civilization or imperial empire, depending on how this century plays out and if we don’t exterminate ourselves or get exterminated.

>>24854707
I don't think that's true

>>24854652 (OP)
>>24854690
>>24854692
>>24854707
All of this is made up to make you feel insignificant. Be a solipsist, not an easily impressed retard.

>>24854652 (OP)
>I'm finding it very hard to imagine humans are important against such numbers as these. Like how could you possibly argue we matter at all vs that?
Categorical mistake: you're confusing scale for significance. The quantity of planets or stars tells you nothing about the question of meaning, value or importance. Those belong to a different order of thought entirely. Besides, you could just as easily argue that God created all of it so you could marvel at it.

>>24854764
>meaning, value or importance
>Abstract concepts
These only make the metaphysical materialist more confused.