The earth, as a whole, is an autarky. — Agent Smith

Ignoring just the Sun and (that massive comet-asteroid deflector) Jupiter – yeah Earth is otherwise (thermodynamically & celestial mechanically) "self-sufficient". :eyes: :roll:

Ignoring just the Sun and (that massive comet-asteroid deflector) Jupiter – yeah Earth is otherwise (thermodynamically & celestial mechanically) "self-sufficient". :eyes: — 180 Proof

The Sun & Jupiter are implicit in autarky. Nevertheless, if hair-splittining is your thing, you have a point.

Would you agree that the Solar system, as a whole, is an autarky (as long as the Sun's nuclear fuel lasts)?

You got me thinking. Just like Jupiter, do ya suppose all the other planets too provide some kind of life-promoting/sustaining service to earth? Gravitationally, all the planets, acting in unison along with the Sun maybe keeping earth locked in the Sun's Goldilocks zone. In a sense, the entire planetary system around a star is critical to life on one of them. So, Jupiter's the vacuum cleaner (sucking up asteroids & comets. Shoemaker-Levy 9), Saturn's the..., Mars' the.... (fill in the blanks).

Would you agree that the Solar system, as a whole, is an autarky (as long as the Sun's nuclear fuel lasts)? — Agent Smith

Yeah – ignoring the Milky Way (with the supermassive blackhole at the galactic center c27k light years away from Sol).

Yeah – ignoring the Milky Way (with the supermassive blackhole at the galactic center c27k light years away from Sol). — 180 Proof

:snicker: True, as per Chaos Theory, nothing at all is negligible...our ignore list should be a blank page. So much for simplicity.

"Simplicity" ended after the first microsecond after the "big bang".

"Simplicity" ended after the first microsecond after the "big bang". — 180 Proof

The Big Bang is not the beginning of our universe, it is the end of our understanding. — Sean Carroll

Exactly. :up:

Exactly — 180 Proof

If you knew the physics, that should be, exactly not.

The Big Bang is not the beginning of our universe, it is the end of our understanding. — Sean Carroll

A confession of ignorance...

But hey, it's Carroll!

"Simplicity" ended after the first microsecond after the "big bang". — 180 Proof

No. That's when it started, to culminate right here and now! :rofl:

If you knew the physics, that should be, exactly not. — Hillary

:chin: Gracias.

The Big Bang is not the beginning of our universe, it is the end of our understanding — Sean Carroll

He means we don't understand what came before it? "We're working on it!" And the money inflow is ensured. Even for asking him a question (without a guarantee on an answer!) you have to pay 4 dollar... Dear mother of god...

Is there a country that can be a full-fledged, authentic, autarky? — Agent Smith

Bhutan.

Ignoring just the Sun and (that massive comet-asteroid deflector) Jupiter – yeah Earth is otherwise (thermodynamically & celestial mechanically) "self-sufficient — 180 Proof

If one ignores the Sun, no life is possible. Nor if you ignore the rest of the universe.

Bhutan — Hillary

:snicker:

Bhutan = The self-contained, self-sustaining, ever-expanding, universe! Possible! Why not?

Or

Another North Korea!

Or

Another North Korea! — Agent Smith

In Druk Yul all people are religious. What about North Korea? The religion of the Supreme Leader, the Great Leader, and the Dear Leader?

:snicker: