The Great Cosmic Roller-Coaster Ride


	The Great Cosmic Roller-Coaster Ride

wildcat

10-30-2007 1:18 PM

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science, cosmos, cosmology, parallel universes, multiverse, string theory

wildcat says:

better than sci-fi

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10-30-2007 1:56 PM

j000han

it sure as hell is.

11-1-2007 10:32 AM

KimbleKency1683

Ditto that j000han!

11-3-2007 1:01 AM

syncopath

"the universe is such a big place, that if we are the only ones alive, it is a huge waste of space" ("Contact")
the movie saying get new relevance ..

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