Schadenfreude

"All that I really know is that I really don't know". Some famous philosopher once said these words at Essenhaus' Stein Night and it appears these words of wisdom are true again as it relates to global warming or at least measurements involving how much light is reflected vs absorbed by Earth.

"The bottom line, according to a group of experts not involved in any of these studies: Scientists don't know much about how sunlight interacts with our planet, and until they understand it, they can't accurately predict any possible effects of human activity on climate change."

Of course if you own ocean frontage or plan to be buried in New Orleans you may want to prepare for the rising oceans . Of course I won't be here in 2100 but it looks like Wisconsin should be 4 degree's warmer. Cool!

An article in the Voice of America says we can see 2 planets 100's of light years away.

"Scientists detected some 130 extrasolar planets this way. But now, with the development of more powerful telescopes, scientists are able to see the planets directly."

First we earthlings were the universe, then everything (moons,planets,stars) revolved around us, then we revolved around the Sun, then the Sun was just one of 1000's of millions of stars in the night sky in our galaxy, then there were about 100 billions galaxies just like ours, and now those galaxies have planets that we can see! Next we will identify the 100's of billions of planets. It's an exciting time to be alive but does anyone feel insignificant? I look to the night sky and I feel happy with today's knowledge but I also feel somewhat small.

Will the macro universe ever feel the affects of humans and why should we care?