Posted Jun 10, 2019, 7:59 PM
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Originally Posted by the urban politician
Humans have only been aware of any of this for about 150 years.
So for earth's 4.5 billion year history, there has only been a 150 year span in which any being was actually making note of, and understood, what had actually transpired this entire time.
If we disappear in the next century or two, that is unlikely to ever happen again.
Which means that in earth's 4.5 billion year history, it was only for the briefest of brief moments that any being "got it" as far as the true nature of the Universe as well as earth's geographic and biologic history. And that being came and went in an instant.
Goes to show you how magical of a time it is in which we truly live. Why aren't we celebrating?
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^ to your point we probably dont even have the most basic understanding of the universe, even now.
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