The scientific journey of our place in the cosmos is a humbling one. - Many thought Earth was at the center of the universe. First we found it circled the Sun.

The scientific journey of our place in the cosmos is a humbling one. - Many thought Earth was at the center of the universe. First we found it circled the Sun. - Next, we found our solar system was nothing special in the Milk Way Galaxy, and the Milky Way was nothing special in the universe. - Many thought humans were distinct from other animals. Then we discovered that all animals just evolutionary descendants of some primordial cells. The journey cannot stop. The search for extraterrestrial life might succeed or it might not. But what it does is that it humbles us. It reminds us that we must not be the only life in the Universe. Only by searching for that life can we truly acknowledge our humble position in the cosmos. And counter the arrogance of the Homo Sapiens.