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M1ster_Rogers t1_it6f04a wrote

Reply to comment by friedeggsandtoast in The Webb Space Telescope Sees a Solar System's Beginning by footinch

It's important to remember that you are also part of the universe. All the natural processes of the universe and 14 billion years of cosmic evolution led to us. We are the waking universe looking back upon itself and nothing less than a thermodynamic miracle.

You may be a tiny speck floating on an insignificant rock through an unremarkable part of an incomprehensible supercluster of galaxies, but you also happen to be one of the most interesting and (by what the evidence so far has indicated) rare phenomena present in the universe. Rejoice in existence.

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Uncle__doctor_soup t1_it78lph wrote

I really prefer this take then the “humans are so shitty and unremarkable” one that is so popular on Reddit

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Halvus_I t1_it7ym8u wrote

"If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.”"

  • Carl Sagan
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Phenotyx t1_it7pbt8 wrote

They’re really not mutually exclusive…

We are rare af and idc if there’s other life out there any life is special but

We also piss away our existence and shit on the environment that allowed us to evolve to this point

Objectively, humans have definitely been a net negative on the earth so far. I hope that changes and we earn our place in the universe

If not, we deserve whatever fate we get.

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Uncle__doctor_soup t1_it7sems wrote

You’re not wrong but it seems it’s so much more frequent for people to hate our species and hope we get wiped out rather then hope we turn it around and grow

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Phenotyx t1_it7u083 wrote

Yeah i hear you. I mean hoping is one thing, I hope more than anything we find the a path that allows us to flourish without draining the resources from whatever planet or source we are taking from.

Whether or not that’s likely is another topic haha

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tenticularozric t1_it9l2vl wrote

If we don’t get off this planet, eventually a natural force will destroy the planet and then it won’t have made a different how many animals we drove to extinction or how many greenhouse gases we emitted into the atmosphere.

But if we get off this planet and find a way to make other planets habitable for ourselves and other animals, it will have all been worth it right?

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Phenotyx t1_it9n7a3 wrote

If we extend that logic you’d eventually just say well none of it matters because eventually the universe will get to a point where no life can be sustained so what does any of it matter?

So no I don’t really like that point of view. Society has existed for 10000 years that’s not even 1/1000th of 1% of the time the earth has been around I don’t think its ok to justify mass extinction of animals because we MAY or may not “find a way to make other planets habitable”… let’s worry about saving our own planet first ffs

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Prestigious_Use_208 t1_itaff57 wrote

The sheer existence itself is just mind blowing. What are the chances that we’ve modeled almost every creation from ourselves. The internet seems like neurons connecting together in the brain… it’s insane if you think about. I just wish more people could become aware of this special kind of experience going on around them, maybe we could have a much better understanding between each other.

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aimlesslunchbag t1_it7m3e2 wrote

Is it ok to cry a little now?

Best advice I've gotten all year. And it's been a wild one at times.

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myflippinggoodness t1_it7xc3m wrote

Idk if you're some legit spooky apparition playing off of one of the most wholesome people in recent memory..

..But ya got the tone down :') 👍👍

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