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Was browsing my old comic strips tonight (still procrastinating on those minutes) and had to laugh at this one:
"A" has recenly formed an interest in space and the universe (a bit abstract for a 4 year old I think, but he seems to gravitate to scientific subjects). A quote from one of his "bedtime stories":
"For many years scientists believed that the pull of gravity from the stars and galaxies would gradually slow down the expansion of the universe. However, recent observation suggest that this expansion is accelerating. If this is true, the galaxies will get farther and farther apart. No more stars will form, black holes will disappear, and the universe will end as a cold, dark, lifeless and empty place."
Ummm, ok. Say goodbye to existence. Man, scientists are so blunt.
My 4 year old is just looking at the pictures in this book and asking me questions about the planets. He also likes to talk about the moon and the people living in the ISS (that the international space station for you layman). Meanwhile I'm reading the text to myself and having major anxiety attacks about my insignificance and the end of my own existence. Why couldn't he have an interest in flowers? Or cars? The universe is just too big for me to contemplate before bed.
"A" has recenly formed an interest in space and the universe (a bit abstract for a 4 year old I think, but he seems to gravitate to scientific subjects). A quote from one of his "bedtime stories":
"For many years scientists believed that the pull of gravity from the stars and galaxies would gradually slow down the expansion of the universe. However, recent observation suggest that this expansion is accelerating. If this is true, the galaxies will get farther and farther apart. No more stars will form, black holes will disappear, and the universe will end as a cold, dark, lifeless and empty place."
Ummm, ok. Say goodbye to existence. Man, scientists are so blunt.
My 4 year old is just looking at the pictures in this book and asking me questions about the planets. He also likes to talk about the moon and the people living in the ISS (that the international space station for you layman). Meanwhile I'm reading the text to myself and having major anxiety attacks about my insignificance and the end of my own existence. Why couldn't he have an interest in flowers? Or cars? The universe is just too big for me to contemplate before bed.
posted by wattlebla at 22:53
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