[PatrickHenry]

A quiet galaxy, or perhaps a quiet universe.

If so, that's very good news. It's all ours! We ought to hurry up and get out there to grab it -- all of it -- before some new species emerges out of the ooze somewhere and gets uppity.

[boris]

"If so, that's very good news. It's all ours! We ought to hurry up and get out there to grab it -- all of it -- before some new species emerges out of the ooze somewhere and gets uppity."

Just tell us how.

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Actually I find it profoundly depressing:
(1) If we are the best the Universe can do it is a pretty sorry universe;
(2) As a member (maybe) the only intelligent species in the universe, everything you do (or I do) is invested with a horrible portent. Even taking a dump. Think about it.

--Boris