The measures of the universe?
The way we apprehend all material objects other than ourselves is affected by their size relative to us. They range from stars millions of times the size of our earth to the constituents of sub-atomic particles. Our perspective on them differs from that of other sentient creatures, even though those creatures may have a lot in common with us, and by the measures of the universe may be similar in size to us
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Could you tell me what is "the measures of the universe"?
Are they, for example, centimetre, metre, inch, or mile...?
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XVI Could you tell me what is "the measures of the universe"? If you could look at the issue through the glasses of the universe, which is mind-blowingly vast, you wouldn't see much difference in size between an elephant and a mouse. The writer says whether something looks big or small to us is relative to our own size.
- XVI Could you tell me what is "the measures of the universe"?
- If you could look at the issue through the glasses of the universe, which is mind-blowingly vast, you wouldn't see much difference in size between an elephant and a mouse.
- The writer says whether something looks big or small to us is relative to our own size.
- We consider an elephant big because it's much bigger than the biggest human ever seen.
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XVICould you tell me what is "the measures of the universe"?
If you could look at the issue through the glasses of the universe, which is mind-blowingly vast, you wouldn't see much difference in size between an elephant and a mouse.
The writer says whether something looks big or small to us is relative to our own size. We consider an elephant big beca
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