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> A subtle reminder how inconsequential our actions are on this planet in the grand, unplanned scheme. I don't like that our culture has developed statements l

> A subtle reminder how inconsequential our actions are on this planet in the grand, unplanned scheme. I don't like that our culture has developed statements like this. Every single action you make on planet Earth is more consequential and impactful than the countless parsecs of worthless unobtainable space dust that astrophysicists and science promoters like to glaze over. Space is nothing compared to the unfathomable amount of synaptic connections in your brain, or the impact you can have on someone's life by hugging them. Let's piss away all the small blue dot sentiments. They're old and pointless.

Micrococonut 3mo ago
Well said
dylan604 3mo ago
You can think they are old and pointless, but that's you just brushing off the fact that the universe is much much older than however old you think these ideas are. The entirety of the human species from its beginning to its eventual ending is merely a blip of time for the universe. You can argue that makes it that much more special, but so what? To the universe, there very well could have been numerous other specials that have come and gone. Being unable to accept that is pointless.
- WalterBright 3mo ago
  In the meantime, enjoy your life, and what a wonderful gift you have.
- Larrikin 3mo ago
  So why bother posting?
- deleted 3mo ago
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altmanaltman 3mo ago
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- kannanvijayan 3mo ago
  The feeling one gets from observing and thinking of cosmic scale events, and the feeling one gets from eating a really good risotto, and the feeling one gets from watching through a microscope as a paramecium goes about the business of survival... they're all rich and meaningful in their own way. The existence of one doesn't diminish the meaning of the others. As an addendum: you may not realize that your response - in a roundabout and somewhat ironic way - serves to support the argument you are responding to. Here we are, learning of a planet getting swallowed up by a star, and yet the focus of your argument? The ego of one of those insignificant little humans that are dwarfed in scale by those cosmic events.

Micrococonut 3mo ago

Well said

dylan604 3mo ago

You can think they are old and pointless, but that's you just brushing off the fact that the universe is much much older than however old you think these ideas are. The entirety of the human species from its beginning to its eventual ending is merely a blip of time for the universe. You can argue that makes it that much more special, but so what? To the universe, there very well could have been numerous other specials that have come and gone. Being unable to accept that is pointless.

WalterBright 3mo ago
In the meantime, enjoy your life, and what a wonderful gift you have.
Larrikin 3mo ago
So why bother posting?
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altmanaltman 3mo ago

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kannanvijayan 3mo ago
The feeling one gets from observing and thinking of cosmic scale events, and the feeling one gets from eating a really good risotto, and the feeling one gets from watching through a microscope as a paramecium goes about the business of survival... they're all rich and meaningful in their own way. The existence of one doesn't diminish the meaning of the others. As an addendum: you may not realize that your response - in a roundabout and somewhat ironic way - serves to support the argument you are responding to. Here we are, learning of a planet getting swallowed up by a star, and yet the focus of your argument? The ego of one of those insignificant little humans that are dwarfed in scale by those cosmic events.