SCIENCE
The Galactic Noggin: Why a Human Cell Outweighs a Star
Reptiliandude counters the traditional human view of cosmic insignificance by asserting that complexity, rather than physical size, determines a creature’s true “magnitude.” He points out that the 100 billion brain cells in a human head equal the number of stars in a galaxy, making humanity “technically huge” in terms of informational density. By highlighting that a single human cell is far more intricate than the “blobs of hydrogen fusion” we call stars, RD encourages a perspective shift where biological life is recognized as the most advanced and significant phenomenon in the universe, far outweighing the simple vastness of the void.
SCIENCE
The Galactic Noggin: Why a Human Cell Outweighs a Star
Reptiliandude counters the traditional human view of cosmic insignificance by asserting that complexity, rather than physical size, determines a creature’s true “magnitude.” He points out that the 100 billion brain cells in a human head equal the number of stars in a galaxy, making humanity “technically huge” in terms of informational density. By highlighting that a single human cell is far more intricate than the “blobs of hydrogen fusion” we call stars, RD encourages a perspective shift where biological life is recognized as the most advanced and significant phenomenon in the universe, far outweighing the simple vastness of the void.
Image: This incredibly detailed image is a 3D medical visualization titled “Cellular Landscape,” created by Evan Ingersoll and Gael McGill. It is a cross-section of a eukaryotic cell, rendered to show the staggering complexity of biological life that Reptiliandude referred to in his comparison of a human cell to a star (Photo by Evan Ingersoll and Gael McGill via Newsweek.com)
Source: RD (via GT), "Communicating in Space-Time" r/reptiliandude, Reddit, 7 Feb. 2017 https://www.reddit.com/r/reptiliandude/comments/5snhe3/communicating_in_spacetime/
Reptiliandude: It’s all about perspective. This is so perfect an illustration.
“Compared to the vastness of space we’re so insignificant… Even Earth is nothing more than just a pale blue dot. sniff “
“Actually, each of us have about a hundred billion brain cells in our noggins, that’s about as many stars there is in an average sized galaxy… So technically, we’re pretty huge. And if you take into consideration that a single human cell is way more complicated than blobs of hydrogen fusion, and the void they dwell in you should be good to go.”
