The fact that we are is, for each of us, a singular and personally undeniable event in the life of the universe.
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And yet, from the perspective of science, we exist in a universe that is indifferent to our presence. In the vastness of space. in the fullness of time, we are but a breath across the face of the cosmos, here now but quickly forgotten.
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Still, as a sentient species, we believe that we are more than just a soft whisper. We thrive; we grow; we evolve; we change the world around us and in turn are changed by the changes we become.
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Some echo from the distant past or perhaps even our resonance with a future memory calls us to the fullness of life. It draws us to ask, to know, to understand, to love.
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Replying to @Grady_Booch
We are glorified yeast, all our complexity only serving to erect a few surfaces on which we can outcompete other yeast until we're drowned by entropy. Our ability to become a mirror to the machinations of the universe is only an infinitesimal spark in its vast expanse of darkness
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You are as romantic as I am unhappy with finding myself in this particular universe :)
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