Dragmire_Afterlife t1_isti058 wrote on October 18, 2022 at 4:16 PM

While I don't share the fear, I imagine it is a mix of the unfathomable size and the immense lack of knowledge we have of what is out there.

_anti_human_ OP t1_istjbxz wrote on October 18, 2022 at 4:24 PM

Most likely. we do not see these bodies up close and cannot imagine that they are so huge. I think you're right.

[deleted] t1_istp4h2 wrote on October 18, 2022 at 5:02 PM

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IamSparticles t1_isu662f wrote on October 18, 2022 at 6:53 PM

Seems like a more appropriate question for r/askpsychology/

Fair_Permission_6825 t1_isuf3x6 wrote on October 18, 2022 at 7:50 PM

Being face to face with a planet would drive me mad. It has to be the right distance though. Not Too close so id feel like im in the sky of it but far enough that i can bare witness to it in its entirety. That would leave me feeling hopelessly insignificant and id have a panic attack. A big part of it is there no gravity. Its like being in the ocean and you encounter a giant sea creature but times a billion

SpartanJack17 t1_isvhoeg wrote on October 19, 2022 at 12:17 AM

Hello u/_anti_human_, your submission "Why is it scary?" has been removed from r/space because:

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Sidoplanka t1_istv9g7 wrote on October 18, 2022 at 5:42 PM

Our only place in it is right here, on earth. Being anywhere, except on earth, will kill you.

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