The most poetic thing in the universe

Lawrence Krauss discusses the most poetic thing he knows about the universe:

The amazing thing is that every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements - the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution - weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars, and the only way for them to get into your body is if those stars were kind enough to explode. So, forget Jesus. The stars died so that you could be here today.

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Other universes

My wife asks my son Ben, "What's going on in your head all the time when you are so quiet?" My son says; "It's pretty much Star Wars all the time, Mom!" I'm watching a TV show about cosmology, including the possibility of multiple universes. My son has sneaked to the couch across the room and pipes up; "Dad, does that mean that there REALLY could be a Star Wars universe?" he asks. I ask, "What did you just hear about the possibility of multiple universes?" "That there could be more than one universe," he says. "So.....?" "Cool!" he says. "There really COULD be a Star Wars universe!" I immediately chased Ben off to bed. Now and again I hear Ben say, "That defies the laws of physics, except in a Star Wars or other universe!"

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Bill O’Reilly explains the universe

Bill O'Reilly famously "explained" the existence of "God" by pointing out that the tides go in and out. More recently, someone pointed out to Bill that the moon causes the tides. Here's O'Reilly's comeback, in classic know-it-all voice. How is it that the Earth has a moon and Mars doesn't. Except that Mars does have a moon. Two, actually. It must be fun, invigorating, to argue without evidence. It must feel so freeing, so powerful.

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