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Wonderful universe we live in! On the matter of human scale in the universe? We are the best size it is possible to be. Any smaller and we would not have enough parts to be fully cognizant and independent, Any bigger and we would not be mobile. Elephants cannot jump, whales cannot leave the ocean, planets and stars and galaxies are forever trapped by the laws of physics. Besides, how large is large enough to matter in a universe of nearly infinite scope? Not only are we not insignificant due to our size, we are (perhaps uniquely?) the largest things in the universe. There are more pathways through a single human brain than atoms in the observable universe. We (literally our brains) occupy points in space-time that are the most densely packed intersections of event cones in the universe. For all the beauty of a flower or a star of a super cluster of galaxies, we alone can recognize that beauty.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 17:12:33 +0000

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