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To: NYer

Uh....so what? Will we never get over ourselves and realize that we are not even a microscopic speck in the Universe? Oh, how we’ve exaggerated our relevance.


7 posted on 11/10/2009 3:34:04 PM PST by csuzieque
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"if biology is not unique to the earth, or if life elsewhere differs bio-chemically from our version, or if we ever make contact with an intelligent species in the vastness of space, the implications for our self-image will be profound.”

It'll rock this tiny planet like nothing else.

Will we never get over ourselves and realize that we are not even a microscopic speck in the Universe?

Oh, how we’ve exaggerated our relevance.

I could not have described that better...

16 posted on 11/10/2009 4:18:11 PM PST by dragnet2
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