It's special from our perspective, certainly. It's just not special in a cosmic sense: it just happened, and the universe produced something that could observe

It's special from our perspective, certainly. It's just not special in a cosmic sense: it just happened, and the universe produced something that could observe it. It could have happened anywhere, but it happened to happen on Earth. To me, that's the special part, and I find it fascinating and mind-blowing to think about.