[ExI] Milky Way is on the outskirts of 'immeasurable heaven' supercluster

BillK pharos at gmail.com
Sun Sep 7 11:52:17 UTC 2014


On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Alfio Puglisi wrote:
> I wonder if anyone will choose instead to head for the huge nearby local
> void, to get away from all those hot-headed work-obsessed people :-) To know
> that the closest McDonald's is at least 30 Mpc away would buy a lot of peace
> of mind, even if evenings might be a bit boring.
>

You just solved the Fermi paradox!

After a certain level of tech is reached and everyone has enough to
live comfortably, then there is a gradual shift to people saying,--
'Well I've got enough now, I don't need more stuff. Let's just drink
some Valpolicella and play in virtual reality!'   ;)


BillK



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