Quote Originally Posted by mendhak View Post
Even if you found 1 galaxy per second, counting up to 1 billion would take 30 years. That's not how astronomy works - it's based on estimates on the 'clustering' and density of objects in an observable part of the night sky.

How many grains of sand on the planet? I've only ever seen 200 grains. Have we actually counted them?
I have never heard of such tosh. I counted all the sand yesterday and I am gonna do the same today. Give such things time, you expect too much and wait for the verification otherwise I will end up supplying the wrong answer.