Are We Really Invisible from the Cosmic Standpoint? It is natural enough to imagine the cosmic view as a something similar to those deeply dark images of outer space that our telescopes produce. But the cosmic standpoint isn’t literally about what one would see if one was located in some special cosmic observatory, and peered into a super-powerful telescope. It is true that if you see someone in pain from far away, the emotional hold of her suffering quickly diminishes. For this to happen you do not need to ‘see’ her from the distance of the Andromeda galaxy. It’s enough to look at her from somewhere slightly high up—not from the cosmic viewpoint, but from a modest bird’s eye view. But this is irrelevant. The cosmic point of view encompasses an immensity, but this isn’t the same as seeing things from a great distance.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 07:39:10 +0000
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