Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

Did you know that you can pull a drop of water out of a cave, analyze it, and see an entire universe inside?

And thus, how do we know our entire universe isn't inside a drop of water, in some much larger cave??

Food for thought, eh?

8 Answers

Relevance
  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Sparkles = galaxies and stars?

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes, and that cave's universe could be contained in a drop of water in an EVEN BIGGER cave, and so on ad infinitum. This is where philosophers find that the principle of "Occam's Razor" comes in handy. It says, don't make things more complicated than they need to be.

  • 1 decade ago

    I object the fact that we can see universes in a drop of water. Even if you are being figurative.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Food for thought?

    Well, if you consider a single piece of popcorn a gourmet meal, then I suppose so.

    Light, fluffy, no real nutritional value.

    Philosophy from junior high school, without junior high science to leaven it out.

  • How do you think about the answers? You can sign in to vote the answer.
  • 1 decade ago

    Prove it. I can see what makes up the universe nothing is small than mini-me strings.

  • 1 decade ago

    Not really - there's a difference between science and hyperbole.

  • 1 decade ago

    A very pretty picture and idea. Not true though.

    .

  • DrDave
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Yes most of us knew that.

Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.