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Some men dream. Other men do. Genghis Khan, according to some accounts, did. Genghis never married once, but multiple times. And, some might say, the world is better for his efforts. If success in life is measured by transmission of one's genes, then Genghis, according to folklore, was among the most successful.

OK, fine.... And then, if your spaceship had a mass of 3000 kilograms, how much energy would be required to accelerate it to 0.9 c, and then decelerate it once you arrived?

Central Pennsylvania? Did you mean Lancaster? Surely, you did not mean Gladwyne or Bryn Mawr. Anyway, Pennsylvania is a beautiful state, and almost everyone in Pennsylvania envies the Amish way of life. No cheesesteaks for the Amish, though, in most cases.

So then, given enough energy, if you left Earth for the Pleiades Cluster, say at 99.998 percent of the speed of light, then...how much older would you be, by the time you arrived, after you left Earth, if you checked your watch? Care to work this out?

Sorry, I meant...NOT for the observer, of course.

But NOT for the observer, of course.

No doubt, you have seen this famous and memorable limerick: There was a young sailor named Bates Who danced the fandango on skates. But a fall on his cutlass Has rendered him nutless, And practically useless on dates. And so, woe is not yours, by comparison. Please be cautioned: Sheath thy cutlass while attacking young things, Lest your sword be tarnished, wilting, and dripping.

Wait for the final curtain call, since you might receive more applause than you originally had anticipated. It's not over, until it is over. And, in the scheme of this great universe, we still have more than 1.0 × 10 raised to the power of 100 years ahead of us, mostly living with cloned lookalikes resembling Elon Musk. Elon Musk will go on, into infinity. However, for most of us, we will end up like Yogi Berra who once said....

Still, though things may seem temporarily dire, we must continue to remain optimistic. Otherwise, what is the point. As CO2 levels continue to rise, unabated, and the rapidity of this rise continues to increase, we all must remain optimistic, and look on the bright side. What goes up, must, eventually, come down, during the next 2000 years. Remain calm. Look on the bright side.

I agree with you. Turning now would be like trying to stop a supertanker, at full steam, as if it were a Porsche. Just cannot be done. Bon Voyage.

As you say, if the Sun were the size of a pecker, and your pecker were in your pocket, then....how far away would you need to go to find Neptune? Space is vast. One AU, the distance from here to the Sun, for example, is still minute compared to the distance you would need to go to find the nearest galaxy. Neptune orbits the Sun at a distance of 30 AU. And, in terms of light years, it is a mere 0.00047 light years from the Sun to Neptune. Yet, in order to visit the Pleiades Star Cluster, traveling at the speed of light, you could make this short journey in 450 years. I love the Six Sisters, and they are always there, almost anytime I gaze at the heavens.

You must be the single most happy fatalist the world has ever known. And, knowing what we know, now, most scientists would find it difficult to argue with your point of view. For example, there seems to be just too much momentum in the system, now. And, we have left things too late. There seems to be no logical answer to our quandary, at this time. Still, we can be thankful for one thing: Global Nuclear War, the threat of this, is just icing on our cake, and is no longer anything to worry about, compared to impending Global Warming. If you have a solution to immediately galvanizing Social Change necessary to turn things around, in a heartbeat, then please post your solution here. The whole world is watching. The whole world is waiting for your solution. Which is, per se, the solution to Human Nature.

Really? You still wear underwear? Why? Underwear is superfluous. Wearing underwear, these days, is like wearing a cravat from the age of Dickens. Also, in this clime, underwear is just too hot. I would rather don a top hat....

By the way.... If we could just improve our method of education, in order to more emphasize the practice of the Scientific Method, in order that students around the world would learn to test hypotheses, then we might be able to reduce the chance of Global Nuclear War, and improve our chances of survival during the next one hundred years. Education is key if our grandchildren wish to survive to their old age, indubitably. Ignorance is bliss, in some cases. However, ignorance, these days, will lead to our total demise. The ONLY way we just MIGHT be able to overcome the challenges ahead, is through education according to the Scientific Method. Learn to observe, then form hypotheses, and then test your hypotheses, and then be willing to alter your hypotheses based on the results of your valid tests. If we cannot do this, then we will be doomed. We will find our world, soon enough, at 4 degrees C, and our grandchildren will not be able to survive such a world. Some guys don't dig Science. And, these guys are the dinosaurs of today's world.

Nice image you posted. Maybe this good image will help some to better visualize the structure of the planetary system in which we reside. However, next time, please include the Kuiper Belt, which is also interesting. My favorite planet is Neptune... What about yours?

Dear Charlie, What once was 9 became 8, and now, the ninth planet, which everyone loves, might be reinstated. As you know, just as everyone knows from spending time in China, nothing can easily be built in a day, so soon after the Cultural Revolution destroyed so much. Still, it is just so true that too many holes exist in the education curriculum there (maybe everywhere, too). I know you know. Take care. Regards, Glob

My Friends, How is your sex life with your wife, these days? These days, life is not so easy, as we are all aware. However, at the very least, we should be able to fall back on our great sex life with our partners in order to partially improve our moods, during these difficult days, if only we can improve our conjugal relationships, as well as enhance our feelings of intimacy with our partners. Personally, as you know, I am a one of a kind, a person who lives alone and is loving it. I am just wondering, am I missing out by not having a partner who sleeps in my bed? A question might be this: If you had it to do all over again, would you be single, or would you choose to share a bed with your wives whom you now know all too well? How is your sex life? Is it as exciting and fulfilling as it ever was? And, what are the things you choose to do to spark renewed attraction when the lights go out? I just watched an interesting Peter Sellers movie, A Shot in the Dark, and, in this film, it seemed that no one was sexually satisfied with their existing partners. So, are you equally somewhat dissatisfied? Here is an informative trailer for this Sellers film. Sellers was noted for being mostly monogamous. Sellers was a true genius. If only he had lived longer than he did. Maybe, the reason he died young was because he chose monogamy over longevity. Don't make the same mistake as he, and live longer. Hope you are all satisfied. Best, Glob

You might be surprised at the answer, according to students of Asia. My Dearest Friends, and wannabe Amateur Astronomers, The strangest thing which continues to astound me is that, no matter how smart young Asian students might be, they seem to lack any knowledge of what is outside of their own country, or outside of the Earth, for that matter. Why is this? Who was Kepler? How to make a telescope out of polished copper, back in the day? Who was Ptolemy with his skull cap, and why is he important? In Asia, seemingly, no one cares how many planets there might be; maybe planets are too far away from here. All that I am saying is that education needs to be improved in these places where no one knows much about the mechanics of the solar system, the galaxy, and the universe. And, also, at this moment, I am feeling the microwave background radiation coursing through me, such an energy which helps me to post this topic. Seriously, however, why do Asian students not know much about what is outside of our clear blue sky, when we look up, and see nothing but the Moon and the Sun? Such a failure in education, since, as we know, Science derived from Astronomy, even before the Dark Ages. Best to you, my friends. Sometimes, I just feel the need to pose a question which has been troubling me, for decades, here on TV. Take care, and may your orbital calculations all be precise. Major Tom to Ground Control, My Friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I feel, during these times, it is better to shave myself and cut my own hair. I have been cutting my hair for about 18 months, now, and it still looks great. I will never go back to paying for a shave or a haircut. Why should I?

Do you drink red or green, or black, or Chinese, or Ceylon, or...what tea is best for you in the mornings, when you roll out of your rack, bleary eyed? And, do you roll out of your bed, just like Norman Mailer, on so many of his mornings, completely hung over and ready to fight? At least, Truman Capote was better, in some ways. Here is a link to inform you about Capote, and how he shifted from Tea in the mornings to Whiskey, as his day wore on. Sometimes I wonder why we bother to read novelists and, especially, popular writers, who have nothing important to say, unless it might be to explain to us why they are more important than we.

I love WILD THING, too! But, not sure if the Troggs deserve a Nobel, although, anything is possible in Sweeeeeden.

Dylan had only one good song, as you say. And, this was his most important song. Which was: His SWAN SONG.... Good riddance to bad rubbish. Bye, Bye, Dylan...you are....GONE. Except, you will be remembered by the Nobel Committee, which is what you always deserved.

This IS the Age of Anxiety, after all, and due to deteriorating social cohesion which we are experiencing, I cannot be the only one in this Lonely Crowd. By the way, you might pick up this book, THE LONELY CROWD, written by David Reisman, and other authors, which told of just what you are speaking about. The Lonely Crowd, which I read in 1968, is a dynamite book. I recommend this book, and I hope that one guy here will enjoy it more than he enjoyed the film, The Ice Storm. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lonely_Crowd#:~:text=The Lonely Crowd is a,landmark study of American character.

When one chooses to pick a bale of cotton, according to Leadbelly, one can't fool around. Leadbelly deserves, at the very least, an IgNobel, prize, and maybe two.