[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Again though talking about the galaxy totally underestimates the vastness of the universe. Even if we were the only intelligent life in the galaxy, and even if life came to be on earth by infanitesimally small chance, that still underestimates the scope of existence. Our galaxy is a speck of dust on an unimaginably massive canvas, and even the tiniest freak circumstance stretched out to a scale of (potentially) near-infinity becomes commonplace.

I agree with both your posts T.S. - especially that man's brain is not capable of REALLY comprehending the sheer vastness of even the KNOWN universe.

I read that there are more 'galaxies' than there are grains of sand on EVERY beach and in EVERY quarry in the world.

Similarly, our brains are incapable at this present time of fully grasping the concept of Faster Than Light space travel, but SOME alien species have had interstellar flight for thousand of our years because they have left their 'footprints' all over our world throughout thousands of years.